Predicting Winds and Air Quality within the Las Vegas Valley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2002

Publication Title

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volume

18

Issue

3

First page number:

195

Last page number:

201

Abstract

A finite element model that employs local mesh adaptation is used to calculate wind fields and pollutant transport within the Las Vegas Valley. Meteorological data collected from various country, city, and government agencies are used to generate diagnostic flow fields, which subsequently provide initial conditions for the prognostic solution of the time-dependent equations of motion and species transport.

Keywords

Air quality; Nevada – Las Vegas Valley; Numerical grid generation (Numerical analysis); Winds – Forecasting – Mathematical models

Disciplines

Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics | Applied Mechanics | Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Fluid Dynamics | Mechanical Engineering | Meteorology

Language

English

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