Stable nocturnal boundary layers: A comparison of one-dimensional and large-eddy simulation models

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-210

  Galmarini, S ^a   Beets, C ^b   Duynkerke, P G ^b   Vila Guerau De Arellano J ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Comparative study; Modeling; Turbulent boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODELING; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0032464243     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001158702252     Document Type: Article

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