Modelling Pollutant Dispersion in a Street Network

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 157-187

  Ben Salem, Nabil ^a   Garbero, V ^b,c   Salizzoni, P ^a   Lamaison, G ^a   Soulhac, L ^a  

^a ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion models; Street network; Urban air pollution; Wind tunnel experiments

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; DISPERSION MODELS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; STREET NETWORK; URBAN AIR POLLUTION; URBAN BOUNDARY LAYERS; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84925491018     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-014-9990-7     Document Type: Article

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