SLTEST Research

        The unusual attributes of the SLTEST site (e.g.,   smooth, homogeneous terrain and predictable wind patterns), provide an opportunity   for researchers from a variety of fields to explore high Reynolds number  turbulence. Consistent with this, engineers and scientists from a number of universities have conducted experiments at the site (see reference listing  below). To further the usefulness of the site, a major purpose of the infrastructure   at the SLTEST facility is to provide an environment that makes field measurements   within the atmospheric surface layer highly user friendly even for turbulence   researchers who may only have laboratory experience.
 
 

      The following links are to various papers that are related to the research done at the SLTEST site.

1. Scaling the near-wall axial turbulent stress in the zero pressure gradiant boundary layer. Physics of Fluids June 2001.
M.M. Metzger, J.C. Klewicki, K.L. Bradshaw, and R. Sadr

2. A comparative study of the near-wall turbulence in high and low Reynolds number boundary layers.  Physics of Fluids March 2001.M.M. Metzger and J.C. Klewicki.

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