Large-eddy simulation of the stable atmospheric boundary layer using dynamic models with different averaging schemes

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-28

  Stoll, Rob ^a,b   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Dynamic subgrid scale model; Large eddy simulation; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; SMAGORINSKY COEFFICIENT; SUBGRID-SCALE MODEL;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW MODELING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 36448934529     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9207-4     Document Type: Article

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