Numerical modelling of wind flow over a complex topography

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-247

  Wakes, Sarah J ^a   Maegli, Tanja ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J ^a   Hilton, Mike J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aeolian dunes; Ammophila arenaria; Coastal; Complex topography; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Indexed keywords

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; FIELD DATA; LAND PLANNING; NEW ZEALAND; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PARABOLIC DUNE; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; ROUGHNESS PATTERNS; STUMBLING BLOCKS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WIND DATA; WIND FLOW;

FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VEGETATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; FLOW MODELING; GRASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEGETATION; WIND POWER;

MASON BAY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

AMMOPHILA ARENARIA;

EID: 74249124130     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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