Wave structures and turbulent features of the winter airflow in southern Wyoming in Interpretation of windflow characteristics from Eolian landforms.

Auteurs :
DAWSON, P. J.
MARWITZ, J. D.
MARRS, R. W.
KOLM, K. E.

Description :
Data from airborne air-sensing probes reveal wave structures in the planetary boundary layer of the atmosphere in the wind corridor of south-central Wyoming. The airflow, which is nearly laminar throughout much of the region, responds in a series of resonant lee waves when it encounters topographic obstacles. Gravity waves and turbulent mixing are associated with a downward transport of vertical momentum and occur in the region of accelerated windflow in the central Wyoming wind corridor. Kelvin-Helmholtz waves are prevalent in the area of hydraulic jump at Windy Gap. Understanding of such waves and their controls is essential to siting of wind-energy systems in high-wind regions like the Wyoming wind corridor and in interpreting the mechanisms for development and migration of eolian landforms.


Type de document :
Monographie

Source :
, p. 55-63, Références bibliographiques : 11 réf.

Date :
1982

Identifiants :
isbn : 0-8137-2192-X

Editeur :
Pays édition : Inconnu