The "inactive" eddy motion and the large-scale turbulent pressure fluctuations in the dynamic sublayer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2512-2524

  Katul, Gabriel G ^a   Albertson, John D ^b   Hsieh, Cheng I ^a   Conklin, Paul S ^a   Sigmon, John T ^a   Parlance, Marc B ^b   Knoerr, Ken R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY MOTION; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; TOWNSEND'S HYPOTHESIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030390992     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2512:TEMATL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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