Numerical simulation of downburst winds

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 523-539

  Mason, Matthew S ^a   Wood, Graeme S ^b   Fletcher, David F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Cermak Peterka Petersen   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Downburst; Microburst; Thunderstorm; Thunderstorm outflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; AXISYMMETRIC; CLOUD MODELS; COOLING SOURCE; COUNTER ROTATING; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; DOWNBURST; DOWNBURST WINDS; DOWNBURSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; FULL SCALE MEASUREMENTS; LEADING EDGE; MICROBURST; MICROBURSTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RING VORTEX; SIMILAR ANALYSIS; SIMULATED STORMS; STORM EVENTS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WIND FIELD; WIND SPEED; WIND STRUCTURE;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROTATION; SIMULATORS; TALL BUILDINGS; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

WIND POWER;

EID: 71849109187     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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