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A field study of diffusion around a model cube in a suburban area

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To investigate diffusion around a building in a suburban area, a field observation was conducted on a model cube with a centrally located rooftop level source in September 1992 in Sapporo, Japan. The results show that high concentrations were observed both upwind and downwind of the source on the roof, although the mean velocity U was positive. The values of normalized concentration at locations upwind and downwind of the source were lower than those obtained from wind tunnel data conducted at moderated turbulence levels. At ground level, the mean concentrations along the model centre line show the highest value near the cube and decay rapidly in the downstream direction. The relationship between the instantaneous concentrations and instantaneous velocity was investigated using two fast-response concentration detectors and an ultrasonic anemometer. It was found that when reverse flow occurred on the roof, the tracer gas was detected upwind of the source.

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  1. Environmental Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Shimizu Corporation, No. 4-17, Etchujima, 3-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135, Japan

    Susumu Oikawa & Yan Meng

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Oikawa, S., Meng, Y. A field study of diffusion around a model cube in a suburban area. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 84, 399–410 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1000496929585

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