Atmospheric pollutant dispersion over complex terrain: Challenges and needs for improving air quality measurements and modeling

L Giovannini, E Ferrero, T Karl, MW Rotach, C Staquet… - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pollutant dispersion processes over complex terrain are much more complicated than over
flat areas, as they are affected by atmospheric interactions with the orography at different …

Approaches to study urban heat island–abilities and limitations

PA Mirzaei, F Haghighat - Building and environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Urban Heat Island (UHI) has significant impacts on the buildings energy consumption and
outdoor air quality (OAQ). Various approaches, including observation and simulation …

[PDF][PDF] Review and validation of MicroSpray, a Lagrangian particle model of turbulent dispersion

G Tinarelli, L Mortarini, ST Castelli… - … modeling of the …, 2012 - researchgate.net
In this paper, the MicroSpray 3-D Lagrangian particle dispersion model is presented and
reviewed, and several validation studies are shown. Starting from its core, based on a 3-D …

Building thermal performance, extreme heat, and climate change

MJ Nahlik, MV Chester, SS Pincetl… - Journal of …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The leading source of weather-related deaths in the United States is heat, and future
projections show that the frequency, duration, and intensity of heat events will increase in …

Causes, modeling and mitigation of urban heat island: a review

HM Imran, MI Shammas, A Rahman… - Earth …, 2021 - researchers.cdu.edu.au
Urbanization leads to loss of vegetation and converting pervious areas into built-up and
impervious areas, and consequently, urban areas expose higher temperatures as compared …

Evaluation of the turbulence parametrization in the MOLOCH meteorological model

S Trini Castelli, A Bisignano, A Donateo… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An appropriate parametrization of turbulence is fundamental both in meteorological and
atmospheric dispersion models, in order to properly simulate the dynamics of the flow and of …

A hybrid Lagrangian–Eulerian particle model for reacting pollutant dispersion in non-homogeneous non-isotropic turbulence

S Alessandrini, E Ferrero - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2009 - Elsevier
Lagrangian stochastic models are recognized as being powerful tools for pollutant
dispersion at different scales in complex terrain and at different stability conditions. One of …

Turbulence parameterizations for dispersion in sub-kilometer horizontally non-homogeneous flows

E Tomasi, L Giovannini, M Falocchi, G Antonacci… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Results from numerical simulations of tracer dispersion from a point source (an incinerator
plant) over complex terrain are presented. Different modeling chains are used and model …

Lagrangian models of dispersion in marine environment

P Monti, G Leuzzi - Environmental fluid mechanics, 2010 - Springer
Turbulent dispersion can be studied successfully by using Lagrangian particle models. In
general, the prediction of correct concentration fields is a complex issue when the turbulent …

Comparison of atmospheric modelling systems simulating the flow, turbulence and dispersion at the microscale within obstacles

S Trini Castelli, G Tinarelli, TG Reisin - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - Springer
Three different modelling techniques to simulate the pollutant dispersion in the atmosphere
at the microscale and in presence of obstacles are evaluated and compared. The Eulerian …