CFD analysis of transpirational cooling by vegetation: Case study for specific meteorological conditions during a heat wave in Arnhem, Netherlands

Building and Environment

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-26

  Gromke, Christof ^a,b   Blocken, Bert ^a,c   Janssen, Wendy ^a   Merema, Bart ^a   van Hooff, Twan ^a   Timmermans, Harry ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avenue trees; Climate adaptation; Facade greening; Roof greening; Urban heat island; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FACADES; FORESTRY; ROOFS; TURBULENCE MODELS; VEGETATION;

AVENUE-TREES; CLIMATE ADAPTATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER STOKES (RANS)EQUATIONS; ROOF GREENING; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREET CANYON; TREE; VEGETATION; WIND VELOCITY;

COOLING; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; PLANTS;

ARNHEM; GELDERLAND; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84918831947     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.04.022     Document Type: Article

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