A wind-tunnel study of flow distortion at a meteorological sensor on top of the BT Tower, London, UK

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 899-907

  Barlow, Janet F ^a   Harrison, James ^b   Robins, Alan G ^b   Wood, Curtis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correction factors; Flow distortion; Meteorology; Urban; Wind climate; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FLOW PATTERNS; METEOROLOGY; TOWERS; WIND;

CORRECTION FACTORS; FLOW DISTORTION; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; METEOROLOGICAL SENSORS; SINUSOIDAL VARIATIONS; URBAN; WIND CLIMATE; WIND-TUNNEL SIMULATION;

WIND TUNNELS;

EID: 80052298877     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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