Impacts of shape and height of upstream roof on airflow and pollutant dispersion inside an urban street canyon

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2117-2137

  Huang, Yuan dong ^a,b   He, Wen rong ^a   Kim, Chang Nyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airflow; Gaseous pollutant dispersion; Line source; Upstream roof; Urban street canyon

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW;

AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WIND;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WIND;

EID: 84932097805     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3422-6     Document Type: Article

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