Estimation of the Lagrangian structure function constant C0 from surface-layer wind data

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 249-270

  Anfossi, D ^a   Degrazia, G ^e   Ferrero, E ^b   Gryning, S E ^c   Morselli, M G ^d   Castelli, S Trini ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ENEL   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Autocorrelation functions; Energy spectra; Lagrangian and eulerian statistics; Structure functions; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; AUTOCORRELATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSION; EULERIAN MODEL; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SPECTRA; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0034042510     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002697221093     Document Type: Article

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