Numerical models of entrainment into sheared convective boundary layers evaluated through large eddy simulations

16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 219-230

  Conzemius, Robert ^a   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET-BASED ENTRAINMENT; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS (CBL); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY (TKE);

BUOYANCY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRANDTL NUMBER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 23744466986     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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