Small-scale and large-scale intermittency in the nocturnal boundary layer and the residual layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 515, Issue , 2004, Pages 319-351

  Muschinski, Andreas ^a   Frehlich, Rod G ^a   Balsley, Ben B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SENSORS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

LARGE-SCALE INTERMITTENCY; REYNOLDS-NUMBER TURBULENCE; SCALAR TURBULENCE; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE PARAMETERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; TURBULENT FLOW;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 5444226976     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004000412     Document Type: Article

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