Aerodynamic roughness length estimation from very high-resolution imaging LIDAR observations over the Heihe basin in China

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2661-2669

  Colin, J ^a   Faivre, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D WIND FIELDS; AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS LENGTH; AERODYNAMIC SURFACE ROUGHNESS; COMPLEX ROUGHNESS; COMPLEX SURFACE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL SURFACE MODELS; FRONTAL SURFACE; GEOMETRICAL SURFACES; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEIHE BASIN; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; IMAGING LIDAR; INLAND RIVER BASIN; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; LIDAR PROFILES; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING TECHNIQUES; PARAMETERISATION; PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING; POINT CLOUD; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; STRUCTURE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE DENSITY; SURFACE TURBULENT FLUXES; VEGETATION CANOPY; WIND DIRECTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; METAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RADAR; PLANTS (BOTANY); REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURVEYING; WATERSHEDS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LIDAR; MOMENTUM; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND DIRECTION;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 78650528763     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-2661-2010     Document Type: Article

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