A theoretical and experimental investigation of energy-containing scales in the dynamic sublayer of boundary-layer flows

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-312

  Katul, Gabriel ^a   Chu, Chia Ren ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031878524     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000657014845     Document Type: Article

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