The near-neutral atmospheric surface layer: Turbulence and non-stationarity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1852, 2007, Pages 859-876

  Metzger, M ^a   Mckeon, B J ^b   Holmes, H ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; High reynolds number; Neutral stability; Non stationary flow; Spectral scaling; Streamwise velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847196785     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1946     Document Type: Article

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