Large-eddy simulation and parametrization of the baroclinic boundary-layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 536, 1996, Pages 1779-1798

  Brown, A R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geostrophic wind shear; Large eddy model; Turbulence closure

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC WIND; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030326257     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712253603     Document Type: Article

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