Publications; Dr. John D. Wilson

  1. J.D. Wilson et al. for the SNO+ Collaboration, Thermally-driven scintillator flow in the SNO+ neutrino detector. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 1055, Oct. 2023, 168430.

  2. J.D. Wilson, T.K. Flesch and S.M McGinn, 2018: The wind field in a cattle feedlot: measurements and simulations. Agric. For. Meteorol., 256-257, 84-92.

  3. J.D. Wilson, 2018: Measured and modelled wind variation over irregularly undulating terrain. Agric. For. Meteorol., 249, 187-197.

  4. Hu N., T.K. Flesch, J.D. Wilson, V. Baron and J.A. Basarab, 2016: Refining an inverse dispersion method to quantify gas sources on rolling terrain. Agric. For. Meteorol., 225, 1-7.

  5. Flesch TK, Baron VS, Wilson JD, Griffith DWT, Basarab JA and Carlson PJ, 2016: Agricultural Gas Emissions during the Spring Thaw: Applying a New Measurement Technique. Agric. For. Meteorol., 221, 111-121.

  6. J.D. Wilson and T.K. Flesch, 2016: Generalized flux-gradient technique pairing line-average concentrations on vertically separated paths. Agric. For. Meteorol., 220, 170-176.

  7. J.D. Wilson, 2015: Dispersion from a surface source in the unstable surface layer: an approximate analytical solution. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 3285-3296.

  8. J.D. Wilson, 2015. Computing the flux footprint. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 156, 1-14.

  9. R. D'Amours, A. Malo, T. Flesch, J. Wilson, J-P. Gauthier and R. Servranckx, 2015. The Canadian Meteorological Centre atmospheric transport and dispersion modelling suite. Atmosphere-Ocean, 53(2), 176-199.

  10. T.K. Flesch, S.M. McGinn, Deli Chen, J.D. Wilson and R.L. Desjardins, 2014.Data Filtering in Inverse Dispersion Emission Calculations. Agric. Forest Meteorol., 198-199,1-6.

  11. J.D. Wilson, 2014: Downscaling a reanalysis of extremely cold weather in southern New Zealand. Aust. Meteorol. Oceanog. J., 64 (2), 133-148.

  12. Y. Mao, J.D. Wilson and J. Kort, 2013: Effects of a shelterbelt on road dust dispersion. Atmos. Environ., 79, 590-598.

  13. J.D. Wilson, 2013: Turbulent Schmidt numbers above a wheat crop. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 148, 255-268.

  14. J.D. Wilson, 2013: Statistics of wind speed difference between points with cross-wind separation. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 146, 149-160.

  15. D.J. Thomson and J.D. Wilson, 2012: History of the Lagrangian stochastic model for turbulent dispersion. AGU Geophysical Monograph 200, Lagrangian Models of the Atmosphere, 19-36.

  16. J.D. Wilson, 2012: Rogue velocities in a Lagrangian stochastic model for idealized inhomogeneous turbulence. AGU Geophysical Monograph 200, Lagrangian Models of the Atmosphere, 53-57.

  17. J.D. Wilson, T.K. Flesch and B.P. Crenna, 2012: Estimating surface-air gas fluxes by inverse dispersion using a backward Lagrangian stochastic trajectory model. AGU Geophysical Monograph 200, Lagrangian Models of the Atmosphere, 149-161.

  18. J.V. Postma, E. Yee and J.D. Wilson, 2012: First-order Inconsistencies Caused by Rogue Trajectories. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 144, 431-439.

  19. J.V. Postma, E. Yee and J.D. Wilson, 2012: Predictive model for scalar concentration fluctuations in and above a model plant canopy. Agric. Forest Meteorol., Vol. 166-167, 127-136.

  20. J.D. Wilson, 2012: An Alternative Eddy-Viscosity Model for the Horizontally Uniform Atmospheric Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 145, 165-184.

  21. J.V. Postma, J.D. Wilson and E. Yee, 2011. Comparing Two Implementations of a Micromixing Model. Part II: Canopy Flow. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 140, 225-241.

  22. J.V. Postma, J.D. Wilson and E. Yee, 2011: Comparing Two Implementations of a Micromixing Model. Part I: Wall Shear Layer Flow. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 140, 207-224.

  23. L.A. Harper and T.K. Flesch and K.H. Weaver and J.D. Wilson, 2010: The Effect of Biofuel Production on Swine Farm Methane and Ammonia Emissions. J. Environ. Qual., 39, 1984-1992.

  24. L.A. Harper, T.K. Flesch and J.D. Wilson, 2010: Ammonia Emissions from Broiler Production in the San Joaquin Valley. Poultry Sci., 89, 1802-1814.

  25. J,D. Wilson, T.K. Flesch and P. Bourdin, 2010: Ground-to-air gas emission rate inferred from measured concentration rise, within a disturbed atmospheric surface layer. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49, 1818-1830.

  26. J.D. Wilson, E. Yee, N. Ek and R. d'Amours, 2009: Lagrangian simulation of wind transport in the urban environment. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 135, 1586-1602.

  27. D. Charuchittipan and J.D. Wilson, 2009: Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation in the surface layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 132, 193-204.

  28. J.D. Wilson and W.J. Massman and G.E. Swaters, 2009: Dynamic Response of the Thermometric Net Radiometer. Agric. Forest Meteorol., 149, 1358-1364..

  29. T.K. Flesch, L.A. Harper, J.M. Powell and J.D. Wilson: Inverse-dispersion calculation of ammonia emissions from Wisconsin dairy farms. Trans. ASABE, 52, 253-265.

  30. J.-P. Pinard, R. Benoit and J.D. Wilson, 2009: Mesoscale wind climate modelling in steep mountains. Atmosphere-Ocean, 47, 63-78.

  31. J.D. Wilson, 2008: Monin-Obukhov functions for standard deviations of velocity. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 129, 353-369.

  32. B.P. Crenna, T.K. Flesch and J.D. Wilson, 2008: Influence of source-sensor geometry on multi-source emission rate estimates. Atmos. Environ., 42, 7373-7383.

  33. P. Bourdin and J.D. Wilson, 2008. Windbreak Aerodynamics: Is CFD Reliable?. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 126, 181-208. DOI 10.1007/s10546-007-9229-y

  34. J.D. Wilson and E. Yee, 2007: A Critical Examination of the Random Displacement Model of Turbulent Dispersion. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 125, 399 - 416. DOI 10.1007/s10546-007-9201-x.

  35. Wilson, J.D., 2007: Turbulent velocity distributions and implied trajectory models. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 125, 39-47. DOI 10.1007/s10546-007-9188-3

  36. Tuzet, A., and J.D. Wilson, 2007: Measured winds about a thick hedge. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 145, 195-205.

  37. Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson, L.A. Harper, R.W. Todd and N.A. Cole, 2007: Determining ammonia emissions from a cattle feedlot with an inverse dispersion technique. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 144, 139-155.

  38. Bouvet, T., B. Loubet, J.D. Wilson and A. Tuzet, 2007: Filtering of windborne particles by a natural windbreak. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 123, 481-509.

  39. Yee, E., and J.D. Wilson, 2007: On the Presence of Instability in Lagrangian Stochastic Trajectory Models, and a Method for its Cure. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 122, 243-261.

  40. Shadwick, E.H., J.D. Wilson and T.K. Flesch, 2007: Forward Lagrangian stochastic simulation of a transient source in the atmospheric surface layer. Research Note, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 122, 263-272.

  41. Bouvet, T., J.D. Wilson and A. Tuzet, 2006: Observations and modeling of particle deposition in a windbreak flow. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45, 1332-1349.

  42. Bouvet, T., and J.D. Wilson, 2006: An approximate analytical solution for the deposition of heavy particles released from an elevated line source.Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 119, 1 - 18.

  43. Wilson, J.D., 2005: Deposition of particles to a thin windbreak: the effect of a gap. Atmospheric Environment, 39, 5525 - 5531.

  44. T.K. Flesch and J.D. Wilson, 2005: Estimating Tracer Emissions with a Backward Lagrangian Stochastic Technique. Chapter 22, pp513-531, in American Society of Agronomy (ASA) Agronomy Monograph No. 47 entitled Micrometeorology in Agricultural Systems. Editor M.K. Viney; co-editors J.L. Hatfield and J.M. Baker.

  45. Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson, L.A. Harper and B.P. Crenna, 2005: Estimating gas emission from a farm using an inverse-dispersion technique. Atmospheric Environment, 39, 4863 - 4874.

  46. Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson and L.A. Harper, 2005: Deducing ground-air emissions from observed trace gas concentrations: a field trial with wind disturbance. J. Applied Meteorol., 44, 475-484.

  47. F.-S. Lien, E. Yee and J.D. Wilson, 2005: Numerical modelling of the turbulent flow developing within and over a 3-D building array, Part II: A mathematical foundation for a distributed drag force approach. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 114, 245-285.

  48. Wilson, J.D., 2004, Oblique, Stratified Winds about a Shelter Fence, I: Measurements J. Applied Meteorol., 43, 1149-1167.

  49. Wilson, J.D., 2004, Oblique, Stratified Winds about a Shelter Fence, II: Comparison of Measurements with Numerical Models. J. Applied Meteorol., 43, 1392-1409.

  50. Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson, L.A. Harper, B.P. Crenna and R.R. Sharpe, 2004., Deducing ground-to-air emissions from observed trace gas concentrations: a field trial. J. Applied Meteorol., 43, 487-502.

  51. Wilson, J.D. and T.K. Flesch, 2004, An Idealized Mean Wind Profile for the Atmospheric Boundary-Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology., 110, 281-299.

  52. Wilson, J.D. and T.K. Flesch, 2003, Wind measurements in a square plot enclosed by a shelter fence. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 109, 191-224.

  53. Wilson, J.D., and E. Yee, 2003, Calculation of Winds Disturbed by an Array of Fences. Agric. For. Meteorol., 115, 31-50.

  54. Wilson, J.D. and T.K. Flesch and B.P. Crenna, 2002: Gas dispersion trials: a surface area source enclosed by a windbreak. Preprint Volume, Paper 2.5, 142-143, 25th Conference of the AMS on Agricultural and Forest Meteorol., Norfolk

  55. T.K. Flesch and J.D. Wlson and L.A. Harper and R.R. Sharpe and B.P. Crenna, 2002: Tracer emissions inferred from a backward Lagrangian stochastic dispersion model: a validation study. Preprint Volume, Paper 9.8, 162-163, 25th Conference of the AMS on Agricultural and Forest Meteorol., Norfolk

  56. Wilson, J.D. and T.K. Flesch, 2002: Patterns of mean wind and turbulence inside a square porous windbreak. Preprint Volume, Paper 2.5, 26-27, 25th Conference of the AMS on Agricultural and Forest Meteorol., Norfolk

  57. Taylor, P.A., P.Y. Li and J.D. Wilson, 2002: Lagrangian simulation of suspended particles in the neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layer. J. Geophys. Res. (Atmospheres), AAC 7-1 to AAC 7-11.

  58. Wilson, J.D., 2002, Representing Drag on Unresolved Terrain as a Distributed Momentum Sink. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1629-1637.

  59. Tuzet, A., and J.D. Wilson, 2002, Wind and turbulence in a sparse but regular plant canopy. J. Applied Meteorol., 41, 573-587.

  60. Pinard, J.-P., and J.D. Wilson, 2001, First- and second-order closure models for wind in a plant canopy. J. Applied Meteorol., 40, 1762-1768.

  61. Wilson, J.D., Flesch, T.K., and L.A. Harper, 2001, Micro-meteorological methods for estimating surface exchange with a disturbed windflow. Agric. For. Meteorol., 107, 207-225.

  62. Wilson, J.D., T.K. Flesch and R. d'Amours, 2001, Surface delays for gases dispersing in the atmosphere. J. Applied Meteorol., . Applied Meteorol., 40, 1422-1430.

  63. Wilson, J.D., 2000, Trajectory models for heavy particles in atmospheric turbulence: Comparison with observations. J. Applied Meteorol., 39, 1894-1912.

  64. Wilson, J.D., and E. Yee, 2000, Wind Transport in an Idealised Urban Canopy. Preprint volume, 3rd Symposium on the Urban Environment, American Meteorological Society, Davis, 40-41.

  65. Wilson, J.D., T.K. Flesch and L.A. Harper, 2000: Comparison of Methods to Infer Gas Fluxes off a Lagoon. Preprint volume, paper 11.8, 24th Conference of the AMS on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Davis, 188-189.

  66. Flesch, T.K., and J.D. Wilson, 1999: Wind and tree sway in forest cutblocks, I: Measured winds in experimental cutblocks. Agric. Forest Meteo. 93, 229-242.

  67. Flesch, T.K., and J.D. Wilson, 1999: Wind and tree sway in forest cutblocks, II: Relating measured tree strain to wind statistics. Agric. Forest Meteo. 93, 243-258.

  68. Wilson, J.D., and T.K. Flesch, 1999: Wind and tree sway in forest cutblocks, III: a windflow model to diagnose spatial variation. Agric. Forest Meteo. 93, 259-282.

  69. Wilson, J.D., J.J. Finnigan, and M.R. Raupach, 1998: A first-order closure for disturbed plant canopy flows, and its application to windflow through a canopy on a ridge. Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 124, 705-732.

  70. Wilson, J.D., 1997: A field study of the mean pressure about a windbreak. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 85, 327-358.

  71. Wilson, J.D., and C.J. Mooney, 1997: Comments on `A numerical simulation of boundary-layer flows near shelterbelts' by H. Wang and E. Takle. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 85, 137-149.

  72. Wilson, J.D., and T.K. Flesch, 1997: Trajectory curvature as a selection criterion for valid Lagrangian stochastic models. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 84, 411-425.

  73. Wilson, J.D., and B.L.Sawford, 1996: Lagrangian stochastic models for trajectories in the turbulent atmosphere. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 78, 191-210.

  74. Wilson, J.D., and T.K. Flesch, 1996. Diagnosing wind variation in periodic forest clearcuts, in relation to tree sway. Preprint volume, paper 8.3, 22nd Conference of the AMS on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Atlanta, 387-390.

  75. Du, S., and J.D. Wilson, 1995: The effect of turbulence on the collection of cloud droplets. J. Atmos. Sci. 52, 3849-3856.

  76. Du, S., B.L. Sawford, J.D. Wilson, and D.J. Wilson, 1995: A determination of the Kolmogorov constant (C0) for the Lagrangian velocity structure function, using a second-order Lagrangian stochastic model for decaying homogeneous, isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids 7, 3083-3090.

  77. Flesch, T.K., J.D. Wilson, and E. Yee, 1995: Backward-time Lagrangian stochastic dispersion models, and their application to estimate gaseous emissions. J. Appl. Meteorology 34,1320-1332.

  78. Du, S., J.D. Wilson, and E. Yee, 1994: On the moments approximation method for constructing a Lagrangian stochastic model. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 70, 273-292.

  79. Zhuang, Y. and J.D. Wilson, 1994: Coherent motions in windbreak flow. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 70, 151-169.

  80. Du, S., J.D. Wilson, J.D. and E Yee, 1994: Probability density functions for velocity in the convective boundary layer, and implied trajectory models. Atmos. Environ. 28, 1211-1217.

  81. Wilson, J.D., and T.K. Flesch, 1993: Flow boundaries in random flight dispersion models: enforcing the well-mixed condition. J. Appl. Meteorol. 32, 1695-1707.

  82. Mooney, C.J., and J.D. Wilson, 1993: Disagreements between gradient-diffusion and Lagrangian stochastic dispersion models, even for sources near ground. Boundary Layer. Meteorol. 64, 291-296. (Research Note).

  83. Wilson, J.D., T. K. Flesch, and G.E. Swaters, 1993: Dispersion in sheared Gaussian homogeneous turbulence. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 62, 281-290.

  84. Zhuang, Y., E.P. Lozowski, J.D. Wilson, and G.Bird, 1993: Sea spray dispersion over the ocean surface: a numerical simulation. J. Geophysical Res. 98, pp16547-16553.

  85. Flesch, T.K., and J.D. Wilson, 1992: A two-dimensional trajectory-simulation model for non-Gaussian, inhomogeneous turbulence within plant canopies. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 61, 349-374.

  86. Wilson, J.D., and W.K.N. Shum, 1992: A re-examination of the integrated horizontal flux method for estimating volatilisation from circular plots. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 57, 281-295.

  87. Wilson, J.D., and T.K. Flesch, 1992: The well-mixed constraint applied to random flight models with reflecting boundaries. Preprint Volume, Paper P3.6, 222-225, 10th Symposium of the AMS on Turbulence and Diffusion, Portland

  88. Wilson, J.D., and G.E. Swaters, 1991: The source area influencing a measurement in the planetary boundary-layer: the footprint and the distribution of contact distance. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 55, 25-46.

  89. Wilson, J.D., G.E.Swaters, and F. Ustina, 1990: A perturbation analysis of turbulent flow through a porous barrier. Quart.J.Royal Meteorol.Soc. 116, 989-1004.

  90. Wilson, J.D. and Y.Zhuang, 1989: Restriction on the timestep to be used in stochastic Lagrangian models of turbulent dispersion. Boundary Layer Meteorol. 49, 309-316, (Research Note)

  91. Argete,J.C. and J.D.Wilson, 1989: The microclimate in the centre of small square sheltered plots. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 48, 185-199.

  92. Zhuang,Y., J.D. Wilson, and E.P. Lozowski, 1989: A trajectory-simulation model for heavy particle motion in turbulent flow. J. Fluids Eng. (Trans.Am.Soc.Mech. Eng.) 111, 492-494.

  93. Lozowski,E.P., R.B.Charlton, C.D.Nguyen, and J.D.Wilson, 1989: The use of cumulative monthly mean temperature anomolies in the analysis of local interannual climate variability. J. Climate 2, 1059-1068.

  94. Wilson, J.D., F.J.Ferrandino, and G.W.Thurtell, 1989: A relationship between deposition velocity and trajectory reflection probability for use in stochastic Lagrangian dispersion models. Agric. Forest Meteorol. 47, 139-154.

  95. Wilson, J.D.,1989: Turbulent transport within the plant canopy. In "Estimation of Areal Evapotranspiration", Intl. Assoc. Hydrol. Sci. Public'n. No 177, 43-80. (refereed conference proceedings).

  96. Wilson, J.D., 1988: A second-order closure model for flow through vegetation. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 42, 371-392.

  97. Wilson, J.D., E.P. Lozowski, and Y. Zhuang, 1988: Comments on a relationship between fluid and immersed-particle velocity fluctuations proposed by Walklate(1987). Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 43, 93-98, (Research note).

  98. Wilson, J.D., 1987: On the choice of a windbreak porosity profile. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 38, 37-49.

  99. Wilson, J.D., 1985: Numerical studies of flow through a windbreak. J. Wind Eng. Indust. Aero. 21, 119-154.

  100. Wilson, J.D., 1984: Numerical studies of flow through a windbreak. Preprint volume, paper 7.6, 17th Conference of the AMS on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Scottsdale, 129-131.

  101. Wilson, J.D., T.S. Clarkson, and M.D. Hadfield, 1984: Observations of wind flow and tracer-gas dispersion over sand dunes. New Zealand J.Sci. 27, 237-242.

  102. Wilson, J.D., B.J. Legg, and D. Thomson, 1983: Calculation of particle trajectories in the presence of a gradient in turbulent-velocity variance. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 27, 163-169.

  103. Wilson, J.D., V.R. Catchpoole, O.T. Denmead, and G.W. Thurtell, 1983: Verification of a simple micrometeorological method for estimating ammonia loss after fertiliser application. Agric. Meteorol. 29, 183-189.

  104. Wilson, J.D., G.W. Thurtell, G.E. Kidd, and E.G. Beauchamp, 1982: Estimation of the rate of gaseous mass transfer from a surface source plot to the atmosphere. Atmospheric Environment 16, 1861-1868.

  105. Wilson, J.D., D.P. Ward, G.W. Thurtell, and G.E. Kidd, 1982: Statistics of atmospheric turbulence within and above a corn canopy. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 24, 495-519.

  106. Wilson, J.D., 1982: An approximate analytical solution to the diffusion equation for short range dispersion from a continuous ground-level source. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 23, 85-103.

  107. Wilson, J.D., 1982: Turbulent dispersion in the atmospheric surface-layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 22, 399-420.

  108. Wilson, J.D., G.W. Thurtell, and G.E. Kidd, 1981: Numerical simulation of particle trajectories in inhomogeneous turbulence. III. Comparison of predictions with experimental data for the atmospheric surface-layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 21, 443-463.

  109. Wilson, J.D., G.W. Thurtell, and G.E. Kidd, 1981: Numerical simulation of particle trajectories in inhomogeneous turbulence. II. Systems with variable turbulent velocity scale. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 21, 423-441.

  110. Wilson, J.D., G.W. Thurtell, and G.E. Kidd, 1981: Numerical simulation of particle trajectories in inhomogeneous turbulence. I. Systems with constant turbulent velocity scale. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 21, 295-313.

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