Representing sheared convective boundary layer by zeroth- and first-order-jump mixed-layer models: Large-eddy simulation verification

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1224-1243

  Pino, David ^a   de Arellano, Jordi Vilà Guerau ^b   Kim, Si Wan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

FIRST-ORDER-JUMP MIXED-LAYER MODELS; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; ZEROTH-JUMP MIXED-LAYER MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 33750324585     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2396.1     Document Type: Article

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