Discussion and applications of slab models of the convective boundary layer based on turbulent kinetic energy budget parameterisations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 539-556

  Villani, M G ^a,b   Maurizi, A ^a   Tampieri, F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Entrainment velocity; Slab model; Turbulent kinetic energy equation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT; MEAN MIXED LAYER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISCONTINUITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY EQUATIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BUDGET; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE;

BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 13644274250     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-1415-6     Document Type: Article

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