What determines the differences found in forest edge flow between physical models and atmospheric measurements? - An les study

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-49

  Kanani, Farah ^a   Träumner, Katja ^b   Ruck, Bodo ^b   Raasch, Siegfried ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Forest edge flow; Internal boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CORIOLIS FORCE; DOPPLER EFFECT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; TURBOMACHINERY; WIND TUNNELS;

A1. LARGEEDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER LIDARS; FOREST EDGE; INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; THERMAL INSTABILITIES;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CORIOLIS FORCE; DOPPLER LIDAR; FLOW FIELD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84904629408     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2014/0542     Document Type: Article

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