Turbulence spectra and dissipation rates in a wind tunnel model of the atmospheric convective boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 580-594

  Kaiser, Rolf ^a   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; WIND TUNNEL MODELING;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0031835396     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0580:TSADRI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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