Using probability density functions to derive consistent closure relationships among higher-order moments

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1023-1042

  Larson, Vincent E ^a   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; FUNCTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

LARGE DDY SIMULATIONS (LES); THERMODYNAMIC SCALARS; TRIVARIATE GAUSSIANS; VELOCITY SKEWNESSES;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 18544375005     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2902.1     Document Type: Article

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