Interaction of nocturnal low-level jets with urban geometries as seen in joint urban 2003 data

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-58

  Lundquist, Julie K ^a   Mirocha, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSIONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; JETS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND;

LOW-LEVEL JET; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; JET FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [OKLAHOMA (STT)]; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449101920     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1581.1     Document Type: Article

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