Experimental and numerical study of the turbulence characteristics of airflow around a research vessel

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1575-1589

  Popinet, Stéphane ^a   Smith, Murray ^a   Stevens, Craig ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; SHIPS; WAKES; WIND;

AIRFLOW; DATASETS; RESEARCH VESSELS; WIND SPEED;

TURBULENCE;

AIRFLOW; INSTRUMENTATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; RESEARCH VESSEL; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 8644226087     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<1575:EANSOT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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