Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of CFD simulations in urban aerodynamics and microclimate: Progress and challenges

Y Tominaga, LL Wang, ZJ Zhai, T Stathopoulos - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This review outlines historical and recent research progress on the accuracy of
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of urban aerodynamics and microclimates …

[HTML][HTML] The CAMS reanalysis of atmospheric composition

A Inness, M Ades, A Agustí-Panareda… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) reanalysis is the latest
global reanalysis dataset of atmospheric composition produced by the European Centre for …

A simple two-dimensional parameterisation for Flux Footprint Prediction (FFP)

N Kljun, P Calanca, MW Rotach… - Geoscientific Model …, 2015 - gmd.copernicus.org
Flux footprint models are often used for interpretation of flux tower measurements, to
estimate position and size of surface source areas, and the relative contribution of passive …

CFD simulation of near-field pollutant dispersion in the urban environment: A review of current modeling techniques

Y Tominaga, T Stathopoulos - Atmospheric environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Near-field pollutant dispersion in the urban environment involves the interaction of a plume
and the flow field perturbed by building obstacles. In the past two decades, micro-scale …

Deriving high-resolution urban air pollution maps using mobile sensor nodes

D Hasenfratz, O Saukh, C Walser, C Hueglin… - Pervasive and Mobile …, 2015 - Elsevier
Up-to-date information on urban air pollution is of great importance for environmental
protection agencies to assess air quality and provide advice to the general public in a timely …

Is bias correction of regional climate model (RCM) simulations possible for non-stationary conditions?

C Teutschbein, J Seibert - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2013 - hess.copernicus.org
In hydrological climate-change impact studies, regional climate models (RCMs) are
commonly used to transfer large-scale global climate model (GCM) data to smaller scales …

PM and light extinction model performance metrics, goals, and criteria for three-dimensional air quality models

JW Boylan, AG Russell - Atmospheric environment, 2006 - Elsevier
In order to use an air quality modeling system with confidence, model performance must be
evaluated against observations. While ozone modeling and evaluation is fairly developed …

Influence of GI configurations and wall thermal effects on flow structure and pollutant dispersion within urban street canyons

PY Cui, R Ji, L He, Z Zhang, Y Luo, Y Yang… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous evidence has shown that within the semi-enclosed street canyon, traffic
emissions and the secondary pollutants are prone to accumulating in poorly ventilated …

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 …