An experimental study of the impact of trees and urban form on the turbulent dispersion of heavy particles from near ground point sources

Rob Stoll II1,2, Andreas Christen3,4, Walter Mahaffee5, Scott Salesky6,7, Adele Therias8 and Semmens Caitlin8, (1)University of Utah, Mechanical Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)University of British Columbia, Civil Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (3)Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Environmental Meteorology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Freiburg, Germany, (4)University of British Columbia, Geography / Atmospheric Science Program, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (5)USDA ARS, Pendleton, OR, United States, (6)University of British Columbia, Faculty of Applied Science, Department of Civil Engineering, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (7)University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States, (8)University of British Columbia, Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada