Session 9 Urban Turbulence and Boundary Layers

Wednesday, 12 September 2007: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Kon Tiki Ballroom (Catamaran Resort Hotel)
Host: Seventh Symposium on the Urban Environment
Cochairs:
Eric Pardyjak, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and James A. Voogt, Univ. of Western Ontario, London, ON

Papers:
3:30 PM
9.1
Similarity relations seen in Manhattan turbulence observations
Steven R. Hanna, Hanna Consultants, Kennebunkport, ME; and Y. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

3:45 PM
9.2
A Comparison of Roughness Parameters for Oklahoma City from Different Evaluation Methods
Sam Chang, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD; and G. Huynh

Presentation PDF (179.1 kB)

4:00 PM
9.3
A conceptual model of turbulent dynamics over groups of buildings
Omduth Coceal, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom; and A. Dobre, T. G. Thomas, and S. E. Belcher
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
9.4
Effects of cooling near building roofs on flow and pollutant dispersion in urban street canyons
Jong-Jin Baik, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. H. Kwak and Y. S. Kang
Recorded Presentation

9.5
A physical scale model to study urban surface temperatures and radiation

4:45 PM
9.5A
Atmospheric flow decoupling and its effects on urban plume dispersion
Dennis Finn, NOAA/ARL, Idaho Falls, ID; and R. G. Carter, J. Rich, and K. L. Clawson
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (394.5 kB)

5:00 PM
9.6
Incident Wind Direction Effect on Plume Transport and Dispersion and Mean Wind and Turbulence Fields in an Urban Area: Evaluation of Joint Urban 2003 Field Experiment Data
Akshay Gowardhan, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. U. Pol and M. Brown
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (423.9 kB)

5:15 PM
9.7
Elastic backscatter lidar observations of a gust front passage over Washington DC on 7 May 2004
Shane D. Mayor, California State University Chico, Chico, CA; and B. M. Morley, S. M. Spuler, S. Himmelsbach, D. Flanigan, T. M. Weckwerth, and T. Warner

Presentation PDF (2.8 MB)

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting
- Indicates an Award Winner
See more of:
<< Previous Session | Next Session >>