Wind-tunnel PIV of boundary layers over multiscale urban roughness
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2D PIV wind-tunnel data of turbulent boundary layers over twelve urban roughnesses with different frontal and plan solidities. Useful for studying turbulence statistics and parameterising urban roughness.
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How to cite
University of Southampton. (2018). Turbulent flows over multscale surfaces [Data set]. https://www.urbanfluidmechanics.org/data-portal/turbulent-flows-over-multscale-surfaces/
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This dataset presents 2D PIV experimental data collected over a range of twelve urban roughnesses with different frontal and plan solidities. Link to dataset, https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/428610/
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From the original UFM data portal, added 2026-11-07.
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