Local log-law-of-the-wall in neutrally-stratified boundary-layer flows

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-142

  Besio, S ^a   Mazzino, A ^a,b   Ratto, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Effective parameters; Law of the wall; Logarithmic wind profile; Parametrization; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND TUNNELS;

NEUTRALLY-STRATIFIED BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOWS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0037399467     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021599714936     Document Type: Article

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