Turbulence structure of the unstable atmospheric surface layer and transition to the outer layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-221

  McNaughton, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active turbulence; Atmospheric surface layer; Coherent structures; Hairpin vortices; Monin Obukhov similarity; Self organizing systems

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BUOYANCY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOWERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

THEODORSEN EJECTION AMPLIFIER (TEA); TURBULENCE STRUCTURE; VERTICAL MOTION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 3042741058     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000027906.28627.49     Document Type: Article

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