Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow over a forested hill: Validation and coherent structure identification

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 134, Issue 636, 2008, Pages 1911-1929

  Dupont, S ^a   Brunet, Y ^a   Finnigan, J J ^b  

^a BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Forested hill; Large eddy simulation; Turbulent flow; Vegetation canopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; FLOW SIMULATION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION; VELOCITY; VORTICITY; WAKES;

ADVERSE PRESSURE GRADIENTS; COHERENT STRUCTURES; COMPLEX TERRAINS; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FLAT TERRAINS; FORESTED HILL; FORESTED HILLS; INTERMITTENCY; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; SHEAR LAYERS; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; VEGETATION CANOPIES; VEGETATION CANOPY; VELOCITY CORRELATIONS; VORTICITY FIELDS; WAKE REGIONS; WIND VELOCITIES;

TURBULENCE;

CANOPY EXCHANGE; COMPLEX TERRAIN; FOREST CANOPY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 57349151784     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.328     Document Type: Article

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