Observations of wind speed profiles over Greater London, UK, using a Doppler lidar

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-105

  Drew, Daniel R ^a   Barlow, Janet F ^a   Lane, Siân E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deaves; Doppler lidar; Harris; Internal boundary layer; Morphology; Roughness length; Urban; Wind; Wind speed profile

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; SPEED; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TALL BUILDINGS; URANIUM ALLOYS; URBAN GROWTH;

DEAVES; DOPPLER LIDARS; HARRIS; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; URBAN; WIND SPEED PROFILES;

WIND;

EID: 84883389089     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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