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Qun Wang

Other affiliations: Sun Yat-sen University
Bio: Qun Wang is an academic researcher from University of Hong Kong. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urban heat island & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 27 publications receiving 316 citations. Previous affiliations of Qun Wang include Sun Yat-sen University.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated pollutant removal at pedestrian level in urban canopy layer (UCL) models of medium packing density using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.

109 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of tree plantings on urban airflow and vehicular CO exposure in two-dimensional (2D) street canyons with various aspect ratios (building height/street width, AR=H/W = 0.5, 1, 3, 5) and ground-level source was investigated.

77 citations

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TL;DR: This study provides direct evidence in how man-made urban structures influence urban climate and also suggests the possibility to control outdoor thermal environment by optimize urban morphology and thermal storage.

70 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed scaled outdoor measurements to examine the relative role of wind-driven dynamic force and buoyancy force by non-dimensional buoyancy parameter B within two-dimensional (2D) street canyons in SOMUCH (Scaled Outdoor Measurement of Urban Climate and Health).

41 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a zonal model was developed to assess airflow and air temperature in street canyons in high-density cities, taking into account 3D urban geometries, external wind, buoyancy, convective heat transfers from urban surfaces; it can simulate zonal air temperature, pressure, and airflow patterns by interactively solving mass, pressure and energy balance equations.

38 citations


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01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: In this article, a two-dimensional version of the Pennsylvania State University mesoscale model has been applied to Winter Monsoon Experiment data in order to simulate the diurnally occurring convection observed over the South China Sea.
Abstract: Abstract A two-dimensional version of the Pennsylvania State University mesoscale model has been applied to Winter Monsoon Experiment data in order to simulate the diurnally occurring convection observed over the South China Sea. The domain includes a representation of part of Borneo as well as the sea so that the model can simulate the initiation of convection. Also included in the model are parameterizations of mesoscale ice phase and moisture processes and longwave and shortwave radiation with a diurnal cycle. This allows use of the model to test the relative importance of various heating mechanisms to the stratiform cloud deck, which typically occupies several hundred kilometers of the domain. Frank and Cohen's cumulus parameterization scheme is employed to represent vital unresolved vertical transports in the convective area. The major conclusions are: Ice phase processes are important in determining the level of maximum large-scale heating and vertical motion because there is a strong anvil componen...

3,813 citations

01 Dec 2008
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a method to solve the problem of how to improve the quality of the service provided by the service provider by using the information of the user's interaction with the provider.
Abstract: 세계화가 과연 하나의 독립변수로 사용하기에 충분할 정도로 그 의미가 명확하게 규명된 과학적 개념인가의 여부는 학계의 지속적인 의문으로 남아 있다. 특히 최근에는 현저하게 드러나고 있는 각종 반세계화 현상을 바탕으로 세계화에 대한 반론이 거세지고 있으며 일부 세계화론 주창자들조차 ‘현실’로서 세계화 현상에 대한 회의적 시각을 표출하고 있어 그 의문은 더욱 커지고 있다. 이에 따라 세계화를 설명 변수로 삼는 모든 연구 영역에서 세계화의 의미와 세계화와 관련된 연구 성과를 반추해 볼 필요성도 커지고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 세계화의 의미 분석을 바탕으로 세계화를 안보환경 변화의 독립변수로 삼는 연구의 동향을 분석하고 연구의 방향을 제시하는데 있다. 세계화는 그 설명적 가치와 규범적 판단을 둘러싸고 논란이 계속되고 있는 개념이다. 세계화는 세계화론자를 중심으로 발전되어 온 개념이지만 이들 사이에서도 개념에 대한 합의는 존재하지 않는다. 세계화는 가장 단순하게는 하나의 현상 혹은 사건으로 간주되기도 하지만, 세계화의 본질을 규명하려는 입장에서는 세계화의 원인과 영향에 대한 인과관계는 물론 사회관계 본질이나 권력관계 변화를 적시하는 개념으로 취급하여 왔다. 그러나 세계화를 개념화하려는 노력은 수많은 하부 현상을 단일 요소로 설명해야 하며, 역으로 개념 속에 혼재되어 있는 세계화의 원인, 결과, 설명 및 규범적 판단 요소를 단순화해야 한다는 과제를 안고 있다. 특히 원인과 결과가 혼재되어 있는 세계화 개념은 현상 분석을 위한 설명체제 구성에 가장 큰 장애요인이 되고 있다. 세계화와 안보와의 관계를 다루는 연구는 대체로 세계화에 관한 중도론적 입장에서 안보에 관한 낙관론을 피하고 새로운 위협을 제시하는데 초점을 맞추는데, 이러한 경향은 안보연구에서 세계화를 가장 단순한 수준에서 정의하는 데에서 비롯된다. 그러나 지나치게 단순한 세계화 개념을 적용하는 안보연구는 질적으로 새로운 현상인 세계화를 여전히 국가중심적 시각에서 다루고 모든 안보위협을 테러리즘의 문제로 축소하려는 환원주의의 문제를 야기한다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해서는 세계화 개념의 불완전성을 염두에 둔 세계화 개념에 대한 접근과 일관된 세계화 개념 적용이 요구된다. 또한 세계화 현상으로부터 직접적인 안보 사안을 도출하는 노력에서 한 차원 더 나아가 안보연구의 새로운 방향을 제시해 줄 수 있는 안보환경 변화의 전체적 특성을 분석하는 포괄적 연구가 요구된다.

1,030 citations

26 Aug 2004
TL;DR: In this article, a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model with the renormalization group k-e turbulence scheme was developed to investigate the effects of ambient wind direction on flow and dispersion around a group of buildings.
Abstract: A three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics model with the renormalization group k–e turbulence scheme is developed. The model developed is used to investigate the effects of ambient wind direction on flow and dispersion around a group of buildings. According to the ambient wind direction, three flow patterns are identified in a view of the characteristics of the mean flow circulation generated in street canyons. In the first flow pattern, a portal vortex generated behind the east wall of the upwind building is symmetric about the center of the street canyon. In the second flow pattern, a portal vortex is also generated behind the east wall of the upwind building, but its horizontal axis is not perpendicular to the ambient wind direction. In the third flow pattern, the footprints of a portal vortex are located behind both the east and north walls of the upwind building. When the incident wind angle is 45°, flow is diagonally symmetric behind the upwind building. As the incident wind angle increases, pollutant escape from the street canyons decreases. Except for the case where the ambient wind direction is perpendicular to the buildings, pollutants are trapped in the portal vortex, thus exhibiting high concentration there.

250 citations

01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In the city, the excess heat absorbed during the day and the local heat sources maintain higher nighttime readings as mentioned in this paper, and during the days or nights with strong winds and clouds the differences are minimzed due to mixing and the advective cooling of the city by the winds.
Abstract: We are all familiar with the fact that cities are generally warmer than the surrounding, more rural areas. We see it referenced most nights in our television weather reports. It is especially significant on nights with clear skies and light winds which favor radiational cooling. This is most significant in the rural areas but in the city, the excess heat absorbed during the day and the local heat sources maintain higher nighttime readings. During the days or nights with strong winds and clouds the differences are minimzed due to mixing and the advective cooling of the city by the winds.

227 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the combined influence of building morphology and trees on air pollutant concentrations in the Marylebone neighbourhood (central London) was discussed, where aerodynamic and deposition effects of Platanus acerifolia trees were considered.

160 citations