Modeling Convective Cloud Movement Countering with Mountain Peak due to Thermal Pollution and Evaluate Affecting Indexes, A Review on Factors Affecting Climate Change

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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Environment Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, K.N Toosi University of Technology Tehran, Iran

10.22059/poll.2024.383573.2600

Abstract

Thermal pollution which causes air movement, has received special attention under different climate conditions. Evaluating the conventional movement in dormant air behind the mountain due to temperature diversion and considering reign wind, two dimensions with turbulent RNG k-ε model were used through Fluent software. Movement in unstable weather conditions and cloud presence were evaluated at a height of 100 to 300 m from the valley base on a spring day. In this model, translocation evaluation is concentrated due to a temperature difference caused by thermal pollution in the mountain slope and valley floor with the adjacent air (conventional flow); in this way, clouds move with air convection. Certainly, the measurement and evaluation of atmospheric statues under the desired conditions had special sensitivity. The aim of this study was to model the effect of meteorological indices on convective movement, such as temperature and speed, under different atmospheric conditions; then, a better understanding was obtained by determining how these movements form weather changes in a specific area. In conclusion, it was shown that temperature differences caused by thermal pollution in the cloud sub-layer in divers’ height and cloud localization in the proper profile of wind speed, caused cloud translocation and containing wind in cloud elevation area occurred rapidly in higher levels.

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