Observations of stably stratified shear-driven atmospheric turbulence at low and high Richardson numbers

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 645-655

  Mauritsen, Thorsten ^a   Svensson, Gunilla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

MONIN-OBUKHOV STABILITY PARAMETER; RICHARDSON NUMBERS; SHEAR-DRIVEN TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; KINETIC ENERGY; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW VELOCITY; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33847613206     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3856.1     Document Type: Article

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