Main Title |
Urban Morphological Analysis for Mesoscale Meteorological and Dispersion Modeling Applications: Current Issues. |
Author |
Burian, S. J. ;
Brown, M. J. ;
Ching, J. ;
Cheuk, M. L. ;
Yuan, M. ;
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CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. National Exposure Research Lab. ;National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air Resources Lab. ;Utah Univ., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
Publisher |
2004 |
Year Published |
2004 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/A-04/077; NERL-RTP-AMD-04-041; |
Stock Number |
PB2004-106739 |
Additional Subjects |
Air pollution dispersion ;
Urban areas ;
Environmental transport ;
Air quality ;
Morphology ;
Atmospheric models ;
Meteorolgy ;
Turbulence ;
Fluid dynamics ;
Thermodynamics ;
Buildings ;
Parameters ;
Implementation ;
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB2004-106739 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
12p |
Abstract |
Accurate predictions of air quality and atmospheric dispersion at high spatial resolution rely on high fidelity predictions of mesoscale meteorological fields that govern transport and turbulence in urban areas. However, mesoscale meteorological models do not have the spatial resolution to directly simulate the fluid dynamics and thermodynamics in and around buildings and other urban structures that have been shown to modify micro- and mesoscale flow fields. Mesoscale models therefore have been adapted using numerous approaches to incorporate urban effects into the simulations. One approach is to introduce urban canopy parameterizations to approximate the drag, turbulence production, heating, and radiation attenuation induced by sub-grid scale buildings and urban surface covers. |