The neutral, barotropic planetary boundary layer, capped by a low-level inversion

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 319-355

  Hess, G D ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical; Barotropic planetary boundary layer; Entrainment; Inversion layer height; LES and DNS models; Neutral; Rossby number similarity theory; SOC; TKE

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLD WEATHER PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANETS; TURBULENCE;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES);

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; INVERSION LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY NUMBER; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 1142280996     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000007248.42321.d5     Document Type: Article

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