Determining aerodynamic roughness using tethersonde and heat flux measurements in an urban area over a complex terrain

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1993-2003

  Tsuang, Ben Jei ^a   Tsai, Jeng Lin ^a   Lin, Min Der ^a   Chen, Chien Lung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic roughness; Bowen Ratio method; Complex terrain; Latent heat flux; Sensible heat flux; Taichung; Tethersonde

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX; ROUGHNESS MEASUREMENT;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOWEN RATIO; COMPLEX TERRAIN; ROUGHNESS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY; COMMUNITY; EFFUSION; HEAT; HEIGHT; LITERATURE; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TETHERSONDE SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 0037401845     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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