Resolution sensitivity and scaling of large-eddy simulations of the stable boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-281

  Beare, Robert J ^a   MacVean, Malcolm K ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First order and second order scalings; Large eddy simulation; Resolution; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIND;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION (LES); NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION (NWP); POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER (SBL);

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

FLUX MEASUREMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 3042823728     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BOUN.0000027910.57913.4d     Document Type: Article

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