Alignment trends of velocity gradients and subgrid-scale fluxes in the turbulent atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-83

  Higgins, Chad W ^a   Parlange, Marc B ^a   Meneveau, C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Large eddy simulation; Statistical geometry; Subgrid scale modelling

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; TURBULENCE;

VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0141959713     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025484500899     Document Type: Article

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