Numerical and laboratory study of horizontally evolving convective boudary layer. Part II: Effects of elevated wind shear and surface roughness

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 546-560

  Fedorovich, E ^a,d   Nieuwstadt, F T M ^b   Kaiser, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ZEUNA STAERKER GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNELS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS (CBL); LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0035868029     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0546:NALSOH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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