Non-local mixing of momentum in the convective boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Brown, A R ^a   Grant, A L M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Non local closure; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MODELING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE-EDDY; MODELING;

EID: 0031392998     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000388830859     Document Type: Article

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