Dispersion modeling of air pollutants in the atmosphere: a review

Á Leelőssy, F Molnár, F Izsák, Á Havasi, I Lagzi… - Open …, 2014 - degruyter.com
Modeling of dispersion of air pollutants in the atmosphere is one of the most important and
challenging scientific problems. There are several natural and anthropogenic events where …

Fluid dynamics of urban atmospheres in complex terrain

HJS Fernando - Annual review of fluid mechanics, 2010 - annualreviews.org
A majority of the world's urban centers are located in complex terrain, in which local airflow
patterns are driven by pressure gradients and thermal forcing, while being strongly …

Dispersion study in a street canyon with tree planting by means of wind tunnel and numerical investigations–evaluation of CFD data with experimental data

C Gromke, R Buccolieri, S Di Sabatino, B Ruck - Atmospheric Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
This paper is devoted to the study of flow and traffic exhaust dispersion in urban street
canyons with avenue-like tree planting. The influence of tree planting with different crown …

Numerical simulation of atmospheric pollutant dispersion in an urban street canyon: Comparison between RANS and LES

SM Salim, R Buccolieri, A Chan… - Journal of Wind …, 2011 - Elsevier
Prediction accuracy of pollutant dispersion within an urban street canyon of width to height
ratio W/H= 1 is examined using two steady-state Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) …

Aerodynamic effects of trees on pollutant concentration in street canyons

R Buccolieri, C Gromke, S Di Sabatino… - Science of the Total …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper deals with aerodynamic effects of avenue-like tree planting on flow and traffic-
originated pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons by means of wind tunnel experiments …

City breathability and its link to pollutant concentration distribution within urban-like geometries

R Buccolieri, M Sandberg, S Di Sabatino - Atmospheric Environment, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper is devoted to the study of pollutant concentration distribution within urban-like
geometries. By applying efficiency concepts originally developed for indoor environments …

Analysis of local scale tree–atmosphere interaction on pollutant concentration in idealized street canyons and application to a real urban junction

R Buccolieri, SM Salim, LS Leo, S Di Sabatino… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper first discusses the aerodynamic effects of trees on local scale flow and pollutant
concentration in idealized street canyon configurations by means of laboratory experiments …

Knowledge atlas on the relationship between urban street space and residents' health—a bibliometric analysis based on VOSviewer and CiteSpace

L Meng, KH Wen, R Brewin, Q Wu - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
In order to draw and analyze the current status of the research on the relationship between
international urban street space (public space, public open space) and residents' health, we …

[HTML][HTML] How tall buildings affect turbulent air flows and dispersion of pollution within a neighbourhood

E Aristodemou, LM Boganegra, L Mottet, D Pavlidis… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The city of London, UK, has seen in recent years an increase in the number of high-rise/multi-
storey buildings (“skyscrapers”) with roof heights reaching 150 m and more, with the Shard …

[HTML][HTML] A CFD study on the effectiveness of trees to disperse road traffic emissions at a city scale

APR Jeanjean, G Hinchliffe, WA McMullan… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the effectiveness of trees at dispersing road traffic emissions on a city
scale. CFD simulations of air-pollutant concentrations were performed using the OpenFOAM …