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Planetary boundary-layer wind model evaluation at a mid-Atlantic coastal siteDetailed measurements of the mean flow and turbulence were made with the use of a micrometeorological facility consisting of an instrumented 76-m tall tower located within a 100-m distance from the Atlantic Ocean at Wallops Island, Virginia. Under moderately strong wind conditions, the popular neutral boundary layer flow model fails to provide an adequate description of the actual flow. In addition to detailed flow information for all wind directions, averages of the important flow parameters used for design such as vertical distribution of mean velocity, turbulence intensities and turbulence integral scales were presented for wind direction sectors with near uniform upstream terrain. Power spectra of the three velocity components for the prevailing northwesterly and southerly winds are discussed.
Document ID
19810022206
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Tieleman, H. W. (Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. Blacksburg, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1980
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
DOE/ET-23007/80/1
NASA-CR-164604
Accession Number
81N30748
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AC06-79ET-23007
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-47-004-067
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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