An intercomparison of large-eddy simulations of the stable boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 247-272

  Beare, Robert J ^a   Macvean, Malcolm K ^a   Holtslag, Albert A M ^b   Cuxart, Joan ^c   Esau, Igor ^d   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^e   Jimenez, Maria A ^c   Khairoutdinov, Marat ^f   Kosovic, Branko ^g   Lewellen, David ^h   Lund, Thomas S ⁱ   Lundquist, Julie K ^g   McCabe, Anne ^a   Moene, Arnold F ^b   Noh, Yign ^j   Raasch, Siegfried ^k   Sullivan, Peter ^l  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^j Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^k LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Large eddy simulation; Parametrization; Resolution; Stable boundary layer; Subgrid model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETRIZATION; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SUBGRID MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33745459166     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-2820-6     Document Type: Article

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