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Towards Cfd Investigations Into Particulate Air Pollution Of A Desert Urban Environment, Prosun Roy Aug 2023

Towards Cfd Investigations Into Particulate Air Pollution Of A Desert Urban Environment, Prosun Roy

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This dissertation has explored computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques for studying particulate air quality in the Las Vegas urban area. The dissertation is based on three research tasks: • High time-resolution fenceline air quality sensing and dispersion modeling for environmental justice-centered source attribution. (Chapter 2) • Pollen dispersion and deposition in real-world urban settings: A computational fluid dynamic study. (Chapter 3) • Effects of urban canopy parameterizations on modeling pollen dispersion and exposure. (Chapter 4) In Chapter 2, we investigate the facilitation of low-cost air quality sensors (LCAQS) and CFD technique on exposure assessment of environmental justice (EJ) communities and …