Length scales of scalar diffusion in the convective boundary layer: Laboratory observations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-35

  van Dop, Han ^d   van As, Dirk ^d   van Herwijnen, Alec ^a   Hibberd, Mark F ^b   Jonker, Harm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Entrainment flux ratio; Large eddy simulation; Length scales; Turbulents diffusion

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DYNAMICS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER (CBL); DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); SCALAR DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LABORATORY METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 22144450315     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-2165-1     Document Type: Article

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