Estimating aerodynamic roughness (z0) from terrestrial laser scanning point cloud data over un-vegetated surfaces

Aeolian Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2013, Pages 161-169

  Hugenholtz, Chris H ^a,b   Brown, Owen W ^a   Barchyn, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic roughness; Surface roughness; Terrestrial laser scanner (TLS); Wind profiling

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLUID FLOW; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TERRAIN; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 84880332898     PISSN: 18759637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aeolia.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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