Turbulence intensity parameters over a very complex terrain

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-45

  Martins, Cintya A ^a   Moraes, Osvaldo L L ^a   Acevedo, Otávio C ^a   Degrazia, Gervásio A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Similarity theory; Turbulence parameters

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; COMPLEX TERRAIN; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DATA SETS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL TOWERS; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; SIMILARITY THEORY; SOUTHERN BRAZIL; STABILITY PARAMETERS; STABILITY REGIMES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT VELOCITY; VERTICAL VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VERY COMPLEX TERRAIN; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PARAMETERIZATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BRAZIL; NOVA ROMA DO SUL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 70449525208     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9413-3     Document Type: Article

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