Evaluation of a planetary boundary layer subgrid-scale model that accounts for near-surface turbulence anisotropy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Redelsperger, Jean Luc ^b   Pietras, Christophe ^c  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; PRANDTL MIXING; TURBULENCE ANISOTROPY;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548446209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027062     Document Type: Article

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