Short-range dispersion & virus transmission

An online workshop, held early in the COVID-19 pandemic, on short-range dispersion in urban environments and its role in virus transmission.

Programme

1100-1105

Opening remarks (Zheng-Tong Xie, University of Southampton)

1105-1200

Keynote: Adapting the built environment for disease control: challenges and opportunities Keynote slides ↗

Catherine Noakes · University of Leeds

Invited Lectures Session (Chair: Andrew Quinn, University of Birmingham) — 1200-1320

Sharing research of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic slides ↗

Yuguo Li · University of Hong Kong

Applying a high-resolution dispersion model in London to estimate changes in pollutant emissions during the COVID-19 lockdown slides ↗

David Carruthers · CERC

An analytical approach to urban dispersion modelling slides ↗

Omduth Coceal · University of Reading

Modelling short-range dispersion: present and future slides ↗

Asiri Obeysekara & Jefferson Luis · Imperial College / University of Aberdeen

1320-1400

Lunch break

Invited Lectures Session (Chair: Gabriel Rooney, Met Office) — 1400-1500

Aerosol transport: an update from RAMP (Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic) slides ↗

Paul Linden · University of Cambridge

Simple solutions for the concentration fluctuations of a passive scalar slides ↗

Pietro Salizzoni · Ecole Central

Everything we do not know about the flow physics of COVID-19 transmission slides ↗

Rajat Mittal · Johns Hopkins University

1500-1600

Panel discussion on transmission of virus in urban environments (Moderator: Maarten van Reeuwijk; Panel: Catherine Noakes, Paul Linden, Yuguo Li, Rajat Mittal)

1600

Wrap up and next network meeting (Maarten van Reeuwijk)

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