A turbulence scheme allowing for mesoscale and large-eddy simulations

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 562, 2000, Pages 1-30

  Cuxart, J ^a   Bougeault, P ^b   Redelsperger, J L ^b  

^a Servicio de Desarrollos Medioambientales   (Spain)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Ensemble average scheme; Spectral length; Subgrid scale scheme; Turbulence; Variable turbulent Prandtl numbers

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034027630     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656202     Document Type: Article

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