On flows in simulated urban canopies

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 275-303

  Zajic, Dragan ^a   Fernando, Harindra J S ^b   Brown, Michael J ^c   Pardyjak, Eric R ^d  

^a West Desert Test Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Flow adjustment; Turbulence scale; Urban canopy; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STREET CANYON; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84925212162     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: 15731510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-013-9311-6     Document Type: Article

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