Statistics of absolute and relative dispersion in the atmospheric convective boundary layer: A large-eddy simulation study

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1253-1272

  Dosio, Alessandro ^a,b   Vilà Guerau de Arellano, Jordi ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; GIFFORD'S FORMULA; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; PLUME;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PLUME; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33646264054     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3689.1     Document Type: Article

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