Laboratory and numerical studies of the convective boundary layer capped by a strong inversion

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 223-240

  Ohya, Yuji ^a   Uchida, Takanori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Direct numerical simulation; Entrainment; Plume; Windtunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNELS;

INVERSION LAYER; SURFACE SHEAR; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 3042819496     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000027913.22130.73     Document Type: Article

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