On the origin of near-surface streaks in the neutrally-stratified planetary boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-256

  Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Foster, Ralph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Near surface streaks; Non modal perturbations; Optimal perturbations

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID MECHANICS;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES);

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0038007435     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024100125735     Document Type: Article

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