Wind-tunnel flow and dispersion around single buildings, street canyons and building arrays (CEDVAL)

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The classic Hamburg validation database of wind-tunnel flow and concentration data with fully documented boundary conditions, for isolated obstacles, street canyons and obstacle arrays.

Data (password on request) ↗ Project page ↗

How to get the data

The data are free to use with citation, but the download archive is password-protected. Email the Environmental Wind Tunnel Laboratory at the University of Hamburg (ewtl.mi@uni-hamburg.de), say who you are and what you will use the data for, and ask for the password for this data set. Then use the download link above.

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Resource: Measurements
Method: Wind tunnel
Geometry: Single building, Street canyon, Idealised array
Topic: Dispersion & air quality
Quantities: Velocity, Turbulence statistics, Concentration
Year: 2001
Licence: Free with citation; password on request
Creators: Bernd Leitl; Michael Schatzmann
Institution: University of Hamburg, Environmental Wind Tunnel Laboratory
Contact: EWTL Hamburg

Linked publications

Papers that describe or use this resource. If you use it, cite this paper.

High-resolution wind-tunnel datasets from the University of Hamburg: validation of street canyon dispersion models (2001)

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