Numerical simulation of the wind-driven rainfall distribution over small-scale topography in space and time

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 315, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 252-273

  Blocken, Bert ^a   Carmeliet, Jan ^a,b   Poesen, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Driving rain; Hydrologically effective rainfall; Raindrop trajectories; Rainfall redistribution; Wind flow pattern

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

HYDROLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; RAINDROP TRAJECTORY; RAINFALL REDISTRIBUTION; WIND-FLOW PATTERN;

RAIN;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WINDTHROW;

EID: 28344457847     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.03.029     Document Type: Article

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