Study of the probability density functions from a large-eddy simulation for a stably stratified boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 401-420

  Jiménez, M Antonia ^a   Cuxart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ergodicity; Gaussianity; Large eddy simulations; Probability density functions; Stably stratified boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ERGODICITY; GAUSSIANITY; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; STABLY STRATIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND;

EID: 33745433451     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9009-5     Document Type: Article

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