Flow characteristics above a forest using light detection and ranging measurement data

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science

Volumn 226, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 921-939

  Shannak, B ^a   Traumner K ^a   Wieser, A ^a   Corsmeier, U ^a   Kottmeier, Ch ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Drag force; Forest; Friction wind velocity; Light detection and ranging; Wind velocity distribution

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; DRAG FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; FLOW RECIRCULATION; FOREST; FOREST HEIGHT; FRICTION LOSS; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MEAN-WINDS; MEASUREMENT DATA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUASI-STEADY; RECIRCULATIONS; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SHARP EDGES; STABLE FLOWS; STREAM LINES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WIND VELOCITIES; WIND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIR; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; FORESTRY; FRICTION; TRIBOLOGY; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIR; BOUNDARIES; DATA PROCESSING; FRICTION; LIGHT; SHEAR FLOW; SKIDDING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND;

EID: 84859708663     PISSN: 09544062     EISSN: 20412983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0954406211417944     Document Type: Article

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