Up-scaling CWE models to include mesoscale meteorological influences

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 187-198

  Mochida, Akashi ^a   Iizuka, Satoru ^b   Tominaga, Yoshihide ^c   Lun, Isaac Yu Fat ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupling LES with MMM; LES; Mesoscale meteorological models; Up scaling CWE models

Indexed keywords

CURRENT STATUS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL INFLUENCE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; TYPICAL APPLICATION; UPSCALING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79954995798     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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