Turbulence spectra in the near-neutral surface layer over the Loess Plateau in China

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 449-463

  Li, Wei ^a   Hiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Kobayashi, Nakako ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cospectra; Loess Plateau; Power spectra; Spectral gap; Topography

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

TURBULENCE SPECTRA; WIND VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

HEAT FLUX; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE LAYER; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 34548677980     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9180-y     Document Type: Article

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