Wind tunnel simulation of the three-dimensional airflow patterns around shrubs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dong, Zhibao ^a   Luo, Wanyin ^a   Qian, Guangqiang ^a   Lu, Ping ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARID REGION; DUNE FORMATION; FLOW PATTERN; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 50849140842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000880     Document Type: Article

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