An assessment of turbulence profiles in rural and urban environments using local measurements and numerical weather prediction results

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-239

  Morrison, N L ^a   Webster, Helen N ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersion modelling; Lagrangian model; Turbulence; Urban meteorology; Velocity variances

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BALOON OBSERVATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP); TURBULANCE PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

FRICTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RURAL AREA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 14944386841     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-4422-8     Document Type: Article

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