Relationship between the aerodynamic roughness length and the roughness density in cases of low roughness density

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-267

  Minvielle, F ^a   Marticorena, B ^a   Gillette, D A ^b   Lawson, R E ^b   Thompson, R ^b   Bergametti, G ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b Air Resources Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; DENSITY; EROSION; ROUGHNESS; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0038330364     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022830119554     Document Type: Article

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