Large-eddy simulation of coherent turbulence structures associated with scalar ramps over plant canopies

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-341

  Watanabe, Tsutomu ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherent turbulence structure; Conditional sampling; Large eddy simulation; Microfront; Plant canopy; Scalar concentration; Streaks; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIND;

CANOPY TURBULENCE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION (LES); WIND SHEAR;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FOREST CANOPY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 3042739534     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000027912.84492.54     Document Type: Article

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