Local and global similarity in turbulent transfer of heat, water vapour, and CO2 in the dynamic convective sublayer over a suburban area

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-179

  Moriwaki, Ryo ^a   Kanda, Manabu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Correlation coefficient; Flux variance relationship; Tower measurement; Turbulent transfer of scalars; Urban surface layer; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUX-VARIANCE RELATIONSHIP; TOWER MEASUREMENT; URBAN SURFACE LAYER; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONVECTION; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 33747631574     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9034-4     Document Type: Article

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