A three-dimensional correlation/spectral model for turbulent velocities in a convective boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-52

  Wilson, D Keith ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric convective boundary layer; Correlation function; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031398670     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000418709945     Document Type: Article

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