Large-eddy boundary layer entrainment

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2645-2665

  Lewellen, D C ^a   Lewellen, W S ^a,b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 0032468572     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2645:LEBLE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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