Improved subfilter-scale models from the HATS field data

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1694-1705

  Hatlee, Stephen C ^a,c   Wyngaard, John C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c AWS Truewind LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEVIATORIC STRESS; HORIZONTAL ARRAY TURBULENCE STUDY (HATS); RAPID-MEAN-SHEAR TERMS; RATE-EQUATION MODELS; SUBFILTER-SCALE SCALAR FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BUOYANCY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 34249977038     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3909.1     Document Type: Article

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