Can an E-l turbulence closure simulate entrainment in radiatively driven convective boundary layers?

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3331-3337

  Lenderink, Geert ^a   VanZanten, Margreet C ^b   Duynkerke, Peter G ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EULERIAN PARTITIONING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES);

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033567604     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3331:CAELTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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