Quantifying the airflow distortion over merchant ships. Part II: Application of the model results

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-360

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

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHIPS; WIND;

AIRFLOW DISTORTION; VOLUNTARY OBSERVING SHIP; WIND SPEED MEASUREMENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SHIPS; WIND;

AIRFLOW; ANEMOMETER; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MERCHANT SHIP; MODEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33646166332     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1859.1     Document Type: Article

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