Empirical orthogonal function analysis of the weakly convective atmospheric boundary layer. Part II: Eddy energetics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 824-841

  Wilson, D Keith ^a,b   Wyngaard, John C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ENERGY BUDGETS; INTERMITTENCY; LOSS MECHANISMS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SHEARING STRESS; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; SHEARING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; WAVES;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY ENERGETICS; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT ENERGY;

EID: 0030456210     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0824:eofaot>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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