Some measurements of turbulence characteristics over complex terrain

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-245

  Founda, D ^a   Tombrou, M ^b   Lalas, D P ^a   Asimakopoulos, D N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Turbulence measurements; Turbulence spectra; Wind flow

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WIND FLOW;

GREECE, ANDROS;

EID: 0031442720     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000288002105     Document Type: Article

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