Coherent structures in canopy edge flow: A large-eddy simulation study

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 630, Issue , 2009, Pages 93-128

  Dupont, S ^a   Brunet, Y ^a  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORESTRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIXING; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIND TUNNELS;

A-WAVELET TRANSFORM; ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEMS; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; KELVIN- HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITIES; SECONDARY INSTABILITY; STREAMWISE VORTICES; WIND TUNNEL MEASUREMENTS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERN; FOREST CANOPY; GUST; HEAT TRANSFER; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; TRANSFORM; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VORTICITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 67651062143     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009006739     Document Type: Article

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