Daytime turbulence statistics above a steep forested slope

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 311-329

  Van Gorsel, E ^a   Christen, A ^a   Feigenwinter, C ^a   Parlow, E ^a   Vogt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Forest; Mixing layer analogy; Spectra; Turbulence structure

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

TERRAINS; ULTRASONIC DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

FOREST CANOPY; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0242407123     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025811010239     Document Type: Article

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