Properties of the wind field within the Oklahoma City Park Avenue Street Canyon. Part II: Spectra, cospectra, and quadrant analyses

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2055-2073

  Nelson, M A ^a,b   Pardyjak, E R ^b   Brown, M J ^a   Klewicki, J C ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; FLOW VELOCITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

QUADRANT ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; SONIC ANEMOMETERS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATION;

WIND;

EID: 38849132062     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2006JAMC1290.1     Document Type: Article

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