Large Eddy Simulation of Unstably Stratified Turbulent Flow over Urban-Like Building Arrays

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="783187.fig.0011a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/783187/figures/783187.fig.0011a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Temperature</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="783187.fig.0011b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/783187/figures/783187.fig.0011b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Heat flux</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 11: Large Eddy Simulation of Unstably Stratified Turbulent Flow over Urban-Like Building Arrays 