Measurements of wind suppression effects of windbreak net using a wind tunnel for the purpose of applying numerical simulations

Journal of Agricultural Meteorology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-281

  Ushiyama, Tomoki ^a   Inoue, Satoshi ^a   Shibaike, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nnumerical simulation; Wind tunnel; Windbreak net

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984790571     PISSN: 00218588     EISSN: 18810136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2480/agrmet.65.3.4     Document Type: Article

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