Mesoscale fluctuations in scalars generated by boundary layer convection

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 801-808

  Jonker, Harm J J ^a,b   Duynkerke, Peter G ^a   Cuijpers, Joannes W M ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MICROSCALE CONVECTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033097440     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0801:MFISGB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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