Large-eddy simulation of the stably stratified planetary boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-30

  Saiki, Eileen M ^a   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   Sullivan, Peter P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Large eddy simulation; Nocturnal jet; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GRAVITY WAVE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STABILITY;

EID: 0034085629     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002428223156     Document Type: Article

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