The shear layer above and in urban canopies

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 368-376

  Huq, Pablo ^a   Carrillo, Alejandro ^a,b   White, Louis A ^a   Redondo, Jose ^b   Dharmavaram, Seshu ^c   Hanna, Steven R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d HANNA CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION;

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SHEAR LAYER; URBAN CANOPIES; VELOCITY GRADIENT; VELOCITY PROFILE; WATER TUNNEL;

TUNNELS;

STREET CANYON; URBAN CLIMATE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247556513     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2469.1     Document Type: Article

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