Coherent structures detected in the unstable atmospheric surface layer above the Amazon forest

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-8

  Dias Junior C Q ^a   Sa L D A ^b   Pachcco V B ^c   de Souza, C M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Roughness sub layer; Shear instability; Time scales; Turbulence; Wavelets; Wind profile

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE; WIND;

COHERENT STRUCTURE; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SUB-LAYERS; TIME-SCALES; WAVELETS; WIND PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; ROUGHNESS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84873554321     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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