Resolvable- and subgrid-scale measurement in the atmospheric surface layer: Technique and issues

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3114-3126

  Tong, Chenning ^a   Wyngaard, John C ^a   Khanna, Samir ^a   Brasseur, James G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; SENSORS; STRESSES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STREAMWISE FILTERING; TIME FILTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0000370506     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3114:RASSMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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