Numerical simulation of interaction of the heavy gas cloud with the atmospheric surface layer

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-340

  Kovalets, I V ^a   Maderich, V S ^a  

^a Institute of Mathematical Machines and Systems Nasu   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Heavy gas dispersion; Mixed convection; Richardson number; Splitting methods and stratified flows

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; INTERPOLATION; THERMAL PLUMES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SIMULATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; SURFACE LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33745844507     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-005-4288-4     Document Type: Article

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