Decay of convective turbulence revisited

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 501-515

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031473421     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1000231524314     Document Type: Article

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