Urban Fluid Mechanics: Air Circulation and Contaminant Dispersion in Cities

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Environmental Fluid Mechanics

• Publication date

  2001-03-01

• Fields of study

  Business, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1011504001479
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