On wind velocity profiles over urban area

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 20, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 196-206

  Bezpalcova, Klara ^a   Janour, Zbynek ^b   Prior, Viktor M M ^c   Soriano, Cecilia ^d   Strizik, Michal ^e  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Instituto de Meteorologia   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e LIDAR sro   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Blending height; Radiosounding; Roughness length; Sodar measurement; Stratification; Surface Rossby number independence; Universal profile; Urban area; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; URBAN PLANNING;

REYNOLDS STRESSES; WIND VELOCITY;

WIND EFFECTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; RADIOSONDE; STRATIFICATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONFERENCE PAPER; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MOTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; WIND;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVORA [PORTUGAL]; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; PRAGUE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 2342440452     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2003.004275     Document Type: Article

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