Accession Number:

AD0712789

Title:

NOTE ON THE CHOICE OF ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN FROUDE SCALING OF WIND STRESSES.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

HYDRONAUTICS INC LAUREL MD

Personal Author(s):

• Wu,Jin

Report Date:

1970-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

Extending previously proposed Froude scaling of wind-stress coefficients, the present note suggests the appropriate anemometer heights for different wind fetches, and proposes a procedure of obtaining the wind stress by a single wind velocity measurement at this suggested anemometer height. Author

Descriptors:

• (*WIND
• INTERACTIONS)
• (*ANEMOMETERS
• ATTITUDES(PSYCHOLOGY))
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• THICKNESS
• WATER WAVES

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE