On the contribution of mean flow and turbulence to city breathability: The case of long streets with tall buildings

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 416, Issue , 2012, Pages 362-373

  Hang, Jian ^a,b   Li, Yuguo ^a   Buccolieri, Riccardo ^c   Sandberg, Mats ^d   Di Sabatino, Silvana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CFD simulations; City breathability; Mean flow; Turbulent fluctuations; Urban canopy layer; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

AIR; ASPECT RATIO; PARALLEL FLOW; POLLUTION; ROOFS; RURAL AREAS; STORM SEWERS; TALL BUILDINGS; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

CFD SIMULATIONS; CITY BREATHABILITY; MEAN FLOW; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; URBAN CANOPY LAYERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

CANOPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; WIND TUNNEL;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY BREATHABILITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MARINE AIR; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AIR; TURBULENT FLOW; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84984578814     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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