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Dispersion and concentration pattern of vehicular exhaust gases from a valley highway

Ausbreitung und Konzentration von Autoabgasen von einer Straße in einem Tal

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A numerical model is utilized to investigate the dispersion and concentration pattern of vehicular exhaust gas from a v-shaped valley highway. These patterns are closely associated with the wind circulation regimes in the prevailing cross-valley flow during typical day and night times. In the typical day with relative strong surface heating the exhaust plume first inclined to the lee slope toward to the ridge then curved back to the downwind direction with the prevailing flow; in the typical night with stable condition the dispersion showed no plume pattern but rather diffused upward and spread out more or less horizontally.

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Zur Untersúchung der Ausbreitungs- und Konzentrationsformen von Autoabgasen von einer Straße in einem V-förmigen Tal wird ein numerisches Modell angewendet. Diese Formen sind mit dem Windzirkulationssystem der bei Tag und bei Nacht vorherrschenden Strömung quer zum Tal eng verbunden. An einem typischen Tag mit einer relativ starken Oberflächenerwärmung war die Abgasfahne zum Leehang gegen den Kamm hin geneigt und bog dann zurück zur Abwindrichtung mit der vorherrschenden Strömung. In einer typischen Nacht mit stabiler Schichtung zeigte die Ausbreitung nicht die Form einer Abgasfahne, sondern eher eine diffuse Ausbreitung aufwärts und eine mehr oder weniger horizontale Verbreitung.

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The research on the circulation studies in this paper was partially conducted at the Institute for Storm Research, Inc., Houston, Texas.

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Tang, W., Peng, L. Dispersion and concentration pattern of vehicular exhaust gases from a valley highway. Arch. Met. Geoph. Biocl., Ser. B 33, 11–18 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02273987

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