A comparison of wind-tunnel experiments and numerical simulations of neutral and stratified flow over a hill

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-459

  Ross, A N ^a   Arnold, S ^a   Vosper, S B ^b   Mobbs, S ^a   Dixon, N ^a   Robins, A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Hill; Stable stratification; Turbulent closure; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST ACCOUNTING; DOPPLER EFFECT;

DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY; FLOW SEPARATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; STRATIFIED FLOW;

WIND TUNNELS;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 6444242619     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000045499.18839.7d     Document Type: Article

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