Driving physical mechanisms of flow and dispersion in urban canopies
Driving physical mechanisms of flow and dispersion in urban canopies
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驱动城市冠层流动和分散的物理机制
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2007
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M. Schatzmann
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作者:
P. Klein;B. Leitl;M. Schatzmann
The paper summarizes results from recent full‐scale and wind‐tunnel studies and discusses the complexity of urban canopy layer (UCL) flow and related challenges for urban modeling. Wind‐tunnel data for idealized street‐canyon intersections demonstrate that street‐level flow and dispersion patterns are significantly altered for configurations with non‐uniform building heights. For most wind directions, concentration maxima were upto a factor of 2 higher for cases with taller buildings near the intersection. Enhanced vertical downward mixing in the wakes of the taller buildings apparently causes higher street‐level winds close by, but simultaneously, other regions become sheltered from active mixing and poor ventilation. The analysis of Joint Urban 2003 (JU2003) full‐scale data also pointed out that high‐momentum fluid can be effectively mixed down in the wakes of high‐rise buildings, and that UCL flow is predominantly dynamically driven by roof‐level winds. Building‐height variability is thus, a key factor for UCL dynamics and mixing.