Quantifying trends in surface roughness and the effect on surface wind speed observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Wever, N ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS LENGTH; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GUST FACTORS; LOCAL ROUGHNESS; NETHERLANDS; PASTURE LANDS; PRIMARY FACTORS; STATION DATA; SURFACE WIND SPEED; SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

WIND EFFECTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ROUGHNESS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84861953098     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017118     Document Type: Article

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