The suitability of Doppler lidar for characterizing the wind field above forest edges

Forestry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 399-411

  Träumner, Katja ^a   Wieser, A ^a   Ruck, B ^a   Frank, C ^a   Rohner L ^a   Kottmeier, C ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER LIDAR; EDDY; FOREST EDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STORM; TURBULENCE; WIND FIELD; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84862201676     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cps038     Document Type: Article

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