Modelling the one-dimensional stable boundary layer with an E-ℓ turbulence closure scheme

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 305-323

  Weng, Wensong ^a   Taylor, Peter A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layer height; Inertial oscillation; Quasi steady state; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence length scale

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

BOUNDARY-LAYER HEIGHT; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; QUASI-STEADY STATE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE LENGTH SCALE;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND;

EID: 33745433684     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-2774-3     Document Type: Article

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