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In a convective boundary layer (CBL) over an urban patchy surface pattern, turbulent structure may have a strong response to the surface forcing induced by the patchy pattern of sensible heat flux caused by different landuse type. It is not clear that the dispersion of a passive plume emitted into such a boundary layer will have different characteristics from that emitted into a CBL over a horizontally homogeneous surface such as a typical uniform rural area. The present study aims to investigate the case by using large-eddy simulation (LES) with a focus on the mean plume height.
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Cai, X. (2000). Mean Height of a Passive Plume in An Urban Convective Boundary Layer: a Large-Eddy Simulation. In: Gryning, SE., Batchvarova, E. (eds) Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XIII. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4153-0_46
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