Wind tunnel measurements of crown streamlining and drag relationships for several hardwood species

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1238-1249

  Vollsinger, Stephan ^a   Mitchell, Stephen J ^a   Byrne, Kenneth E ^a   Novak, Michael D ^a   Rudnicki, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; WIND EFFECTS;

CROWN STREAMLINING; TREE SUSCEPTIBILITY; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

WIND TUNNELS;

DISTURBANCE; DRAG; SUCCESSION; WIND TUNNEL; WINDTHROW;

HARDWOODS; TREES; TUNNELS; WIND;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER; ACER MACROPHYLLUM; ALNUS RUBRA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULACEAE; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 24644435466     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-051     Document Type: Article

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