Field study of the flow behind single and double row herbaceous windbreaks

Abstract Field experiments in the Argentinean Pampas on strong wind days (pampero) have been carried out to investigate aspects of the wind sheltering ability on single and double-row field shelterbelts of Triticale ) inserted in wheat plantations ( Buck Charrua variety). In the present experiments hot-wire anemometry and continuous wavelet transform analysis were used to describe turbulent features of a relatively small wake region near the shelterbelt 0.5 x / H

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