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Comparison of Numerical Street Dispersion Models with Results from Wind Tunnel and Field Measurements

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Urban Air Quality: Measurement, Modelling and Management

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Numerical dispersion models developed and validated in different European countries were applied to data sets from wind tunnel and field measurements. The comparison includes the Danish Operational Street Pollution Model (OSPM) and the microscale flow and dispersion model MISKAM. The latter is recommended for application in built-up areas in the draft of the new German guideline VDI 3782/8. In a first step the models were applied to simplified street configurations. Different parameters as length and height of adjacent buildings and the angle of the incoming flow were varied. The results were compared to recent wind tunnel measurements. In a second step the models were applied to two extensively investigated field data sets from Jagtvej, Copenhagen and Göttinger Straße, Hannover. Intensified and more transparent and accessible validation procedures would be helpful for the thorough user.

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Ketzel, M., Berkowicz, R., Lohmeyer, A. (2000). Comparison of Numerical Street Dispersion Models with Results from Wind Tunnel and Field Measurements. In: Sokhi, R.S., San José, R., Moussiopoulos, N., Berkowicz, R. (eds) Urban Air Quality: Measurement, Modelling and Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0932-4_39

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