Modelling the effectiveness of urban trees and grass on PM2.5 reduction via dispersion and deposition at a city scale

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 147, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Jeanjean, A P R ^a   Monks, P S ^a   Leigh, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air quality; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Dispersion modelling; OpenFOAM; PM2.5; Road emissions; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; VEGETATION;

3D REPRESENTATIONS; DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; DISPERSION MODELLING; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; OPENFOAM; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; URBAN VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

AERODYNAMICS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDUCTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; CITY; DISPERSION; GRASS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SUMMER; TREE; VEGETATION; WIND;

ENGLAND; LEICESTER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84988946095     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.09.033     Document Type: Article

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