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The effects of street bottom heating and inflow turbulence on urban street-canyon flow are experimentally investigated using a circulating water channel. Three experiments are carried out for a street canyon with a street aspect ratio of 1. Results from each experiment with bottom heating or inflow turbulence are compared with those without bottom heating and appreciable inflow turbulence. It is demonstrated that street bottom heating or inflow turbulence increases the intensity of the canyon vortex. A possible explanation on how street bottom heating or inflow turbulence intensifies the canyon vortex is given from a fluid dynamical viewpoint.
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Kim, JJ., Baik, JJ. Physical experiments to investigate the effects of street bottom heating and inflow turbulence on urban street-canyon flow. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 22, 230–237 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918512
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