Identification of von Karman vortices in the surface winds of Heard Island

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 287-297

  Beggs, Paul J ^a   Selkirk, Patricia M ^a   Kingdom, Denna L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heard Island; Sub Antarctic; Surface; Topography; von Karman vortices; Wind

Indexed keywords

GLACIATED VOLCANOES; WIND SPEED;

VOLCANOES; WIND EFFECTS;

METEOROLOGY;

SURFACE WIND; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND VELOCITY;

HEARD ISLAND; HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 4444345631     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000039370.69708.f6     Document Type: Article

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