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ASI2_Lecture 3_7/12/2011<br />

Model study <strong>of</strong> Vortices in high-resolution WRF<br />

Courtesy <strong>of</strong> E. Gutierrez, J. Gonzalez, CCNY, & R. Bornstein, SJSU<br />

Simulations <strong>of</strong> a 2010 NYC Heat Wave: Real or Noise<br />

z=12 m, 18 EST; coarse domain, ∆x=9 km, ∆t = 1 s:<br />

Temperature (12m)<br />

W velocity (12m)<br />

Reasonable results, but not much detail<br />

ASI 2: URBAN CLIMATE AND AIR POLLUTION <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Architecture</strong>, The Chinese University <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 7-8 Dec 2011<br />

Sensitivity to ∆x<br />

Temperature (12m)<br />

∆t fixed at 1 s<br />

Vertical velocity (12m)<br />

∆X=1 km<br />

∆X=333 m<br />

∆X=1 km<br />

∆X=333 m<br />

W (12m) X-section thru<br />

Manhattan<br />

∆X=1 km<br />

∆X=333 m<br />

ASI 2: URBAN CLIMATE AND AIR POLLUTION <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Architecture</strong>, The Chinese University <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 7-8 Dec 2011<br />

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