The role of shear in the morning transition boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-410

  Beare, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Morning transition; Shear; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG REDUCTION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE VELOCITIES; DIFFERENT DOMAINS; EARLY STAGES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; MIXED LAYERS; MORNING TRANSITION; NEGATIVE FLUXES; SHEAR; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYERS; STATIC STABILITIES; TRANSITION BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES;

AERODYNAMICS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BUDGET; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; MODELING; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 56049107251     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9324-8     Document Type: Article

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