Subfilter-scale fluxes over a surface roughness transition. Part I: Measured fluxes and energy transfer rates

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-179

  Carper, Matthew A ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulations; Subfilter scale fluxes; Surface roughness transition; Wind tunnel experiments

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; SUBFILTER-SCALE FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRAIN RATE; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND TUNNEL;

SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 36448960915     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9228-z     Document Type: Article

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