Roll convection during a cold air outbreak: A large eddy simulation with stationary model domain

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Gryschka, M ^a   Raasch, S ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COLD AIR OUTBREAK; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; ROLL CONVECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

COLD AIR; CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 25444436748     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022872     Document Type: Article

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