Large-eddy simulation of katabatic flows

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-243

  Skyllingstad, Eric D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Katabatic flows; Large eddy simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND EFFECTS;

EDDY DISSIPATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SLOPE; TURBULENCE;

KATABATIC FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SLOPE ANGLE; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037313951     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021142828676     Document Type: Article

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