An inter-comparison of three urban wind models using Oklahoma City Joint Urban 2003 wind field measurements

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-368

  Neophytou, Marina ^a   Gowardhan, Akshay ^b   Brown, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Empirical diagnostic model; Fast response models; Field measurements; Large eddy simulation; Model evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; FLOW FIELDS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; WIND;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS MODELING; DIAGNOSTIC MODEL; FAST RESPONSE; FIELD MEASUREMENT; INTERCOMPARISON EXERCISE; MODEL EVALUATION; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; WIND FIELD MEASUREMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 79955001981     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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