Numerical study of the response of an atmospheric surface layer to a spatially nonuniform plant canopy

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-311

  Qiu, J ^a   Gu, Zhao ^a   Wang, Z S ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Large eddy simulation; Plant canopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE-LAYER FLOW; SUBGRID-SCALE (SGS) MOTIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FOREST CANOPY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 41849124926     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9262-5     Document Type: Article

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