Turbulence modeling in the atmospheric boundary layer: A review and some recent developments

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 86, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-12

  Bartzis, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; CFD modelling; K model; Turbulence closure; Turbulent length scale; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CANYON; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 36148935615     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/AIR06001     Document Type: Article

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