CFD simulation of an idealized urban environment: Thermal effects of geometrical characteristics and surface materials

Urban Climate

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-159

  Nazarian, Negin ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canyon aspect ratio; Computational fluid dynamics; Surface albedo; Upstream wind; Urban heat transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929236454     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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