Observations of the cross-wind velocity variance in the stable boundary layer

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-71

  Vickers, Dean ^a   Mahrt, L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Meandering; Stable boundary layer; Velocity variance

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MESOSCALE MOTION; PROBABILITY; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33846471799     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-006-9010-7     Document Type: Article

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