The scaling behaviour of a turbulent kinetic energy closure model for stably stratified conditions

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-36

  Baas, Peter ^a   de Roode, Stephan R ^a   Lenderink, Geert ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Closure model; Monin Obukhov Similarity Theory; Parameterization; Stable boundary layer; Turbulent kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRANDTL NUMBER;

CLOSURE MODEL; MONIN-OBUKOV SIMILARITY THEORY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; PRANDTL NUMBER;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STEADY FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 39949084318     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9253-y     Document Type: Article

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