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Article: Large-eddy simulation of flow and pollutant transport in street canyons of different building-height-to-street-width ratios

TitleLarge-eddy simulation of flow and pollutant transport in street canyons of different building-height-to-street-width ratios
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Issue Date2004
PublisherAmerican Meteorological Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ametsoc.org/ams
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Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2004, v. 43 n. 10, p. 1410-1424 How to Cite?
AbstractThis study employs a large-eddy simulation technique to investigate the flow, turbulence structure, and pollutant transport in street canyons of building-height-to-street-width (aspect) ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 at a Reynolds number of 12 000 and a Schmidt number of 0.72. When the approaching wind is perpendicular to the street axis, a single primary recirculation is calculated for the street canyons of aspect ratios 0.5 and 1.0, and two vertically aligned, counterrotating primary recirculations are found for the street canyon of aspect ratio 2.0. Two to three secondary recirculations are also calculated at the corners of the street canyons. A ground-level passive pollutant line source is used to simulate vehicular emission. The turbulence intensities, pollutant concentration variance, and pollutant fluxes are analyzed to show that the pollutant removal by turbulent transport occurs at the leeward roof level for all aspect ratios. Whereas the ground-level pollutant concentration is greatest at the leeward corner of the street canyons of aspect ratios 0.5 and 1.0, the ground-level pollutant concentration in a street canyon of aspect ratio 2.0 occurs at the windward corner and is greater than the peak concentrations of the other two cases. Because of the smaller ground-level wind speed and the domination of turbulent pollutant transport between the vertically aligned recirculations, the ground-level air quality is poor in street canyons of large aspect ratios. The retention of pollutant in the street canyons is calculated to be 95%, 97%, and 99% for aspect ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0, respectively. © 2004 American Meteorological Society.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/156720
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dc.contributor.authorLeung, DYCen_US
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Applied Meteorology, 2004, v. 43 n. 10, p. 1410-1424en_US
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dc.description.abstractThis study employs a large-eddy simulation technique to investigate the flow, turbulence structure, and pollutant transport in street canyons of building-height-to-street-width (aspect) ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 at a Reynolds number of 12 000 and a Schmidt number of 0.72. When the approaching wind is perpendicular to the street axis, a single primary recirculation is calculated for the street canyons of aspect ratios 0.5 and 1.0, and two vertically aligned, counterrotating primary recirculations are found for the street canyon of aspect ratio 2.0. Two to three secondary recirculations are also calculated at the corners of the street canyons. A ground-level passive pollutant line source is used to simulate vehicular emission. The turbulence intensities, pollutant concentration variance, and pollutant fluxes are analyzed to show that the pollutant removal by turbulent transport occurs at the leeward roof level for all aspect ratios. Whereas the ground-level pollutant concentration is greatest at the leeward corner of the street canyons of aspect ratios 0.5 and 1.0, the ground-level pollutant concentration in a street canyon of aspect ratio 2.0 occurs at the windward corner and is greater than the peak concentrations of the other two cases. Because of the smaller ground-level wind speed and the domination of turbulent pollutant transport between the vertically aligned recirculations, the ground-level air quality is poor in street canyons of large aspect ratios. The retention of pollutant in the street canyons is calculated to be 95%, 97%, and 99% for aspect ratios of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0, respectively. © 2004 American Meteorological Society.en_US
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dc.publisherAmerican Meteorological Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.ametsoc.org/amsen_US
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dc.titleLarge-eddy simulation of flow and pollutant transport in street canyons of different building-height-to-street-width ratiosen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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