On the vertical structure of wind gusts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 141, Issue 690, 2015, Pages 1658-1670

  Suomi, I ^a   Gryning, S E ^b   Floors, R ^b   Vihma, T ^a   Fortelius, C ^a  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Weather mast measurements; Wind gust profile

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE; WIND TURBINES;

LARGE WIND TURBINES; PARAMETRIZATIONS; THEORETICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; UNSTABLE CONDITIONS; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WIND GUST;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; GUST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE;

DENMARK;

EID: 84939468031     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2468     Document Type: Article

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