On the nature of turbulent kinetic energy in a steep and narrow Alpine valley

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-199

  Weigel, Andreas P ^a   Chow, Fotini K ^a   Rotach, Mathias W ^b  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Large eddy simulations; Mountain meteorology; TKE budget; Valley winds; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; LANDFORMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; WIND SHEAR;

TURBULENT FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; LANDFORMS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33947613010     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9142-9     Document Type: Article

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