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.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/783187/figures/783187.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Neutral</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="783187.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jam/volume-2013/783187/figures/783187.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Unstable</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Figure 3: Large Eddy Simulation of Unstably Stratified Turbulent Flow over Urban-Like Building Arrays 