Characteristics of secondary circulations over an inhomogeneous surface simulated with large-eddy simulation

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-261

  Prabha, Thara V ^a   Karipot, Anandakumar ^a   Binford, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Eddy covariance; Large eddy simulation; Rolls; Secondary circulation; Surface heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CROSSWIND PLANE; SECONDARY CIRCULATION; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY COVARIANCE; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 34247111529     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9137-6     Document Type: Article

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