urban winds

URBAN WINDS

Wind Portrait of the Pacific Ocean

Figure 4.6

General Atmospheric Circulation

Figure 4.13a

Land-Sea Breezes

Figure 4.18

Mountain-Valley Breezes

Figure 4.19

Santa Ana Winds

Urban wind field

Wind

Wind direction, speed and frequency will influence the building design including bracing requirements, roof and wall cladding selection, weathertightness detailing, building entry locations, window size and placement and provision of shelter for outdoor spaces.

Four categories of cities with increasing roughness length according to Grimmond and Oke(1999). The associated flow regimes (figure 6.3) are: isolated flow (low density: a, b, c); wake interferenceflow (medium density: d, e, f) skimming flow (high density: g, h, i) and chaotic or mixed flow (high rise: j,k,l)

Wind tunnel model of the New York Trade Centre (study by Drs.J.E.Cermak and A.G.Davenport in the Colorado State University boundary layer wind tunnel for L.E.Robertson of Worthington, Skilling, Helle and Jackson, 1964, with permission).