Structure of temperature fluctuations in turbulent convective boundary layers

Journal of Turbulence

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-34

  Antonelli, M ^a   Martins Afonso, M ^a,b   Mazzino, A ^a,b   Rizza, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective Boundary Layer; Fronts; Intermittency; Large eddy simulation; Subgrid scale models; Temperature fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 30844441888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14685248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14685240500332049     Document Type: Article

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