Impact of surface heterogeneity on a buoyancy-driven convective boundary layer in light winds

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-403

  Courault, Dominique ^a   Drobinski, Philippe ^b   Brunet, Yves ^c   Lacarrere, Pierre ^d   Talbot, Charles ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^d CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Inland breeze; Large eddy simulation; Surface atmosphere feedback; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBULENCE; WIND;

COHERENT STRUCTURES; INLAND BREEZE; SURFACE ATMOSPHERE FEEDBACK;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TURBULENCE; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BUOYANCY FORCING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HETEROGENEITY; LAND BREEZE; LAND USE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; TERRAIN; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 34548702903     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9172-y     Document Type: Article

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