Korean Journal of Remote Sensing (대한원격탐사학회지)

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Study on Detailed Air Flows in Urban Areas Using GIS Data in a Vector Format and a CFD Model

벡터 형식의 GIS 자료와 CFD 모델을 이용한 도시 지역 상세 대기 흐름 연구

  • Kwon, A-Rum (Department of Environmental Atmospheric Sciences, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Jin (Department of Environmental Atmospheric Sciences, Pukyong National University)
  • 권아름 (부경대학교 환경대기과학과) ;
  • 김재진 (부경대학교 환경대기과학과)
  • Received : 2014.12.09
  • Accepted : 2014.12.19
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

In this study, detailed air flow characteristics in an urban areas were analyzed using GIS data and a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model. For this, a building construction algorithm optimized for Geographic Information System (GIS) data with a vector format (Los Angeles region imagery acquisition consortium 2 geographic information system, LARIAC2 GIS) was used. In the LARIAC2 GIS data, building vertices were expressed as latitude and longitude. Using the model buildings constructed by the algorithm as the surface boundary data in the CFD model, we performed numerical simulations for two building-congested areas in Los Angeles using inflow information provided by California Air Resources Board. Comparing with the inflow, there was a marked difference in wind speed and direction within the target areas, which was mainly caused by the secondarily induced local circulations such as street-canyon vortices, horse-shoe vortices, and recirculation zones. In street canyons parallel to the inflow direction, wind speed increased due to a channeling effect and, in street canyons perpendicular to the inflow direction, vertically well developed vortices were induced. In front of a building, a horse-shoe vortex was developed near the surface and, behind a building, a recirculation zone was developed. Near the surface in the areas where the secondarily induced local circulations, wind speed remarkably increased. Overall, wind direction little (largely) changed at the areas where wind speed largely increased (decreased).

본 연구에서는 LARIAC2 GIS 자료와 전산 유체 역학(CFD) 모델을 이용하여 미국 캘리포니아 주 Los Angeles의 두 지역(Wilshire blvd. & Carondelet and Broadway & $7^{th}$ St.)을 대상으로 수치 실험을 수행하였다. 두 지역의 상세 도시 대기 흐름의 특성을 조사하기 위해 건물 자료 구축 알고리즘을 통해 벡터 형식으로 제공되는 LARIAC2 GIS 자료로부터 건물 도메인 자료를 추출하였다. 추출한 자료를 CFD 모델 입력 자료로 사용하여, 각 지역의 오전과 오후의 주 풍향과 풍속에 대해 수치 실험을 수행하였다. 도시 지역 내에서는 건물에 의해 국소적인 2차 흐름이 발생하면서 유입류와 비교하였을 때, 풍향과 풍속의 차이가 두드러졌다. 유입류와 평행한 방향으로 형성된 도시 협곡에서는 채널링 효과가 나타나면서 풍속이 국지적으로 증가하였고, 수직인 방향으로 형성된 도시 협곡에서는 연직 방향으로 잘 발달한 소용돌이가 형성되었다. 도시 협곡을 이루지 않은 건물의 풍상측에서는 말편자 소용돌이가 지면 근처에서 형성되었고, 풍하측에서는 재순환 영역이 형성되었다. 이와 같은 2차 순환(도시 협곡 소용돌이, 말편자 소용돌이, 재순환 영역)이 형성된 구역에서는 지면 근처의 풍속이 크게 증가하였다. 평균 풍속과 풍향 변화율을 조사한 결과, 대체적으로 풍속 증가율이 높은 곳에서 풍향 변화율이 비교적 낮았고 풍속 감소율이 높은 곳에서는 풍향 변화율이 높게 나타났다.

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