Nonlocal treatment of the bouyancy-shear-driven boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2653-2662

  Ferrero, E ^a   Colonna, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; DAMPING; HEAT CONVECTION; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

BUOYANCY-SHEAR-DRIVEN BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION; THIRD-ORDER MOMENTS; TURBULENT DAMPING;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; DAMPING; HEAT CONVECTION; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DAMPING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 33750594528     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3789.1     Document Type: Article

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