Assessing the effects of atmospheric stability on the fine structure of surface layer turbulence using local and global multiscale approaches

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Shi, Bin ^a   Vidakovic, Brani ^a   Katul, Gabriel G ^b   Albertson, John D ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CASCADES (FLUID MECHANICS); ENTROPY; MOTION ESTIMATION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; RICHARDSON CASCADE; THERMOSTATIC ENTROPY; TURBULENCE RESEARCH;

SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 20444362391     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1897008     Document Type: Article

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