Flow variability in a North American downtown street Canyon

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 851-877

  Klein, Petra ^a   Clark, James V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW PATTERNS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; SONIC ANEMOMETER; WIND DIRECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW PATTERN; STREET CANYON; WAKE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547167967     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2494.1     Document Type: Article

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