Validation studies of turbulence closure schemes for high resolutions in mesoscale meteorological models

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2510-2523

  Trini Castelli, S ^a   Hara, T ^b   Ohba, R ^b   Tremback, C J ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^c ATMET   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental campaign; Mesoscale models; Non homogenous conditions; RAMS; Turbulence closures

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; MESOSCALE MODELS; NON-HOMOGENOUS CONDITIONS; RAMS; TURBULENCE CLOSURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DISPERSION; KINETIC ENERGY; MODEL; POLLUTANT; TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; JAPAN; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA;

EID: 33645422469     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

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