Stably stratified flows: A model with no Ri(cr)

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2437-2447

  Canuto, V M ^a   Cheng, Y ^b   Howard, A M ^c,d   Esau, I N ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

SECOND-ORDER CLOSURE; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TURBULENT MIXING;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 48649093573     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2470.1     Document Type: Article

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