A grid nesting method for large-eddy simulation of planetary boundary-layer flows

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 167-202

  Sullivan, Peter P ^a   Mcwilliams, James C ^a,b   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY;

DYNAMIC SGS MODEL; ENSEMBLE STATISTICS; GRID ARCHITECTURES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT MOTION; TWO-WAY INTERACTION; VERTICAL VELOCITY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRIDS; SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030390113     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00119016     Document Type: Article

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