Entrainment processes in the convective boundary layer with varying wind shear

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-245

  Kim, Si Wan ^a   Park, Soon Ung ^a   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Kelvin Helmholtz instability; Large eddy simulation; Vortex; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; WIND;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES);

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VORTEX; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0038683993     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024170229293     Document Type: Article

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