Use of meteorological models in computational wind engineering

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 67-68, Issue , 1997, Pages 363-372

  Pielke Sr , Roger A ^a   Nicholls, Melville E ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; Meteorological modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL WIND ENGINEERING; METEOROLOGICAL MODELING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; WIND ENGINEERING;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; WIND ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031109677     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00086-X     Document Type: Article

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