Wind and remnant tree sway in forest cutblocks. III. A windflow model to diagnose spatial variation

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-282

  Wilson, John D ^a   Flesch, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

(wind in) forest clearings; Forest wind model; Tree sway; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; FOREST; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0033594132     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(98)00121-X     Document Type: Article

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