Analysis of Monin - Obukhov similarity from large-eddy simulation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 345, Issue , 1997, Pages 251-286

  Khanna, Samir ^a   Brasseur, James G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; SURFACES; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY; SUBGRID SCALE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY;

EID: 0031200747     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097006277     Document Type: Article

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