Investigating 2D modeling atmospheric convection in the PBL

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 889-903

  Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   McWilliams, J C ^a,b   Rotunno, R ^a   Sullivan, P P ^a   Weil, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS; THERMAL DIFFUSION; VISCOSITY;

PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS (PBL); SURFACE FRICTION VELOCITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY (TKE);

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 2342508397     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0889:IDMOAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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