An overview of the airflow distortion at anemometer sites on ships

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 997-1006

  Moat, Bengamin I ^a   Yelland, Margaret J ^a   Pascal, Robin W ^a   Molland, Anthony F ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; ICOADS; VOS; Wind speed error

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHIPS; WIND EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW DISTORTION; SHIP-MOUNTED ANEMOMETERS; VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIPS; WIND SPEED;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

SHIPBORNE MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 21344442121     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1177     Document Type: Article

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