Experimental Study of the Subgrid-Scale Stresses in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2277-2292

  Tong, Chenning ^a   Wyngaard, John C ^a,b   Brasseur, James G ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRESSES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

ARRAY TECHNIQUE; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RESOLVABLE SCALE VERTICAL VELOCITY; SUBGRID SCALE STRESSES; TWO DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY FIELDS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RESOLUTION; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 0032794971     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2277:ESOTSS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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