A comparison of three methods for predicting wind speeds in complex forested terrain

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-342

  Suárez, Juan C ^a   Gardiner, Barry A ^a   Quine, Christopher P ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; WIND;

AIRFLOW MODEL; COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE; MONITORING SITES; SCORING SYSTEMS; SCOTLAND; WIND CLIMATE; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIRFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TERRAIN; WIND VELOCITY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0004890701     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799001267     Document Type: Article

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