Vertical turbulence structure and second-moment budgets in convection with rotation: A large-eddy simulation study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 563, 2000, Pages 477-515

  Mironov, D V ^a   Gryanik, V M ^a,b   Moeng, C H ^c   Olbers, D J ^a   Warncke, T H ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Rotating convection; Second moment budgets; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROTATING FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0034089764     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656306     Document Type: Article

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