Large-eddy simulations of radiatively driven convection: Sensitivities to the representation of small scales

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3963-3984

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a,b   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   Sullivan, Peter P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY;

ADVECTION; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); SMAGORINSKY MODEL; SMOKE CLOUD; SUBGRID-SCALE (SGS) MODEL; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY (TKE) MODEL;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; ENTRAINMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 0033368711     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3963:LESORD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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