Probability density function of turbulent velocity fluctuations in a rough-wall boundary layer

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 3 2, 2003, Pages 363111-363116

  Mouri, Hideaki ^a   Takaoka, Masanori ^b   Hori, Akihiro ^a,c   Kawashima, Yoshihide ^a,c  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Meteorological and Environmental Service Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; JETS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; WAKES;

ROUGH-WALL BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 0242580701     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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