Micromixing modelling of mean and fluctuating scalar fields in the convective boundary layer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 35, 2005, Pages 6673-6685

  Luhar, Ashok K ^a   Sawford, Brian L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottom up diffusion; Concentration moments; Continuous area sources; Flux gradient relationship; IECM model; Lagrangian stochastic modelling; Top down diffusion; Turbulent diffusion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FUNCTIONS; HEAT CONVECTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BOTTOM-UP DIFFUSION; CONCENTRATION MOMENTS; CONTINUOUS AREA SOURCES; FLUX-GRADIENT RELATIONSHIP; IECM MODEL; LAGRANGIAN STOCHASTIC MODELING; TOP-DOWN DIFFUSION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CALCULATION; ENERGY; EXTRACTION; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; LABORATORY; MATERIALS; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 26444520460     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.047     Document Type: Article

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