Estimating aerodynamic roughness over complex surface terrain

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 12,948-12,961

  Nield, Joanna M ^a   King, James ^b   Wiggs, Giles F S ^b   Leyland, Julian ^a   Bryant, Robert G ^c   Chiverrell, Richard C ^d   Darby, Stephen E ^a   Eckardt, Frank D ^e   Thomas, David S G ^b,e,f   Vircavs, Larisa H ^a   Washington, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

aerodynamic roughness; sediment entrainment; spectral analysis; surface roughness; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); wind erosion

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DUST; EROSION; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS; AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS LENGTH; COMPLEX SURFACE TERRAIN; MORPHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS; SEDIMENT ENTRAINMENTS; SMALL-SCALE SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; WIND EROSIONS;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

AERODYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DATA SET; DUST; ENTRAINMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR FLOW; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EROSION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84891276134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020632     Document Type: Article

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