Large-eddy simulations of the baroclinic mixed layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-80

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric mixed layer; Baroclinicity; Convection; Entrainment; Large eddy simulations; Shear

Indexed keywords

BAROMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAROCLINICITY; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 1842731338     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000020161.99887.b3     Document Type: Article

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