Third-order transport and nonlocal turbulence closures for convective boundary layers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 3463-3477

  Zllitinkevich, S ^a   Gryanik, V M ^b   Lykossov, V N ^b,c   Mlronov, D V ^a,b,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEARDORFF COUNTER-GRADIENT CORRECTION CLOSURE; TURBULENT DIFFUSION PARAMETERIZATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; GREEN FUNCTION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033210693     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3463:totant>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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