Wave-modified flux and plume dispersion in the stable boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-223

  Nappo, C J ^a   Miller, D R ^b   Hiscox, A L ^c  

^a CJN Research Meteorology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Planetary boundary layer; Plume dispersion; Reynold save raging; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLUXES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TURBULENCE; WAVES;

AVERAGING TIMES; BACKSCATTER LIDARS; BAND-PASS FILTERS; FLOW DISTURBANCES; GREAT-ER; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PLUME DIFFUSIONS; PLUME DISPERSION; PLUME DISPERSIONS; PRESSURE JUMPS; RANGING; REYNOLD SAVE RAGING; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYERS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TURBULENCE QUANTITIES; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; VERTICAL DISPERSIONS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; WAVE SIGNALS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DISPERSION; GRAVITY WAVE; INTERNAL WAVE; PLUME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 54049156390     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9315-9     Document Type: Article

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