Atmospheric turbulence

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 205-233

  Wyngaard, John C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Flow measurements; Numerical simulation; Turbulence simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0026807632     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.24.1.205     Document Type: Article

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