Je. Cermak, THERMAL EFFECTS ON FLOW AND DISPERSION OVER URBAN AREAS - CAPABILITIES FOR PREDICTION BY PHYSICAL MODELING, Atmospheric environment, 30(3), 1996, pp. 393-401
Criteria for physical modeling of urban area heating and thermally str
atified, boundary-layer flows approaching the area are summarized. Flo
w modeling facilities, boundary-layer wind tunnels and a natural conve
ction chamber, developed at Colorado State University that can satisfy
the essential criteria are described. Three categories of studies are
summarized to illustrate the range of capabilities for physical model
ing of flow and dispersion over urban areas: (1) idealized heat island
, (2) heat island for a particular urban complex, and (3) mountain-val
ley drainage flow onto a town. Model data are compared with available
field measurements and observations.