Statistics of scalar fields in the atmospheric boundary layer based on large-eddy simulations. Part II: Forced convection

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-79

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Entrainment; Forced convection; Interfacial layer; Large eddy simulations; Similarity scales

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; STATISTICS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; INTERFACIAL LAYER; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; SIMILARITY SCALES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; STATISTICS; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 33745050718     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9014-8     Document Type: Article

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