Numerical simulations of sheltering in valleys: The formation of nighttime cold-air pools

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 429-448

  Vosper, Simon B ^a   Brown, A R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow separation; Froude number; Gravity waves; Turbulent heat flux

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SEPARATION; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT FLUX; WIND EFFECTS;

COLD-AIR POOLS; RADIATIVE COOLING; SHALLOW VALLEYS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SEPARATION; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

COLD AIR; COLD POOL; COOLING; FROUDE NUMBER; GRAVITY WAVE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 42649138296     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9272-3     Document Type: Article

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