Investigations of humidity skewness and variance profiles in the convective boundary layer and comparison of the latter with large eddy simulation results

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1077-1087

  Wulfmeyer, V ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT FLUX; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDAR MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY SKEWNESS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SKEWNESS BUDGET EQUATION; TURBULENT STATISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033560454     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1077:IOHSAV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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