Large-eddy simulation of the diurnal cycle of oceanic boundary layer: Sensitivity to domain size and spatial resolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C7, 2001, Pages 13959-13974

  Wang, Dailin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0034861143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc000896     Document Type: Article

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