Estimation of the friction velocity in stably stratified boundary-layer flows over hills

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-28

  Argaín, José Luis ^a   Miranda, Pedro M A ^b   Teixeira, Miguel A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flow speed up; Friction velocity; Linear theory; Middle layer height; Stable stratification

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FRICTION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRODYNAMICS; TRIBOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

FLOW SPEED-UP; FRICTION VELOCITY; LINEAR THEORY; MIDDLE-LAYER HEIGHT; STABLE STRATIFICATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITY WAVE; HILL; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 58049220190     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9329-3     Document Type: Article

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