A variable mesh spacing for large-eddy simulation models in the convective boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 277-292

  Degrazia, Gervásio Annes ^a   Rizza, Umberto ^a,b   Puhales, Franciano Scremin ^a   Goulart, Antônio Gledson ^c   Carvalho, Jonas ^d   Welter, Guilherme Sausen ^a   Marques Filho, Edson Pereira ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Variable mesh spacing

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTHS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUT OFFS; CUT-OFF FREQUENCIES; CUT-OFF WAVELENGTHS; GROUND LEVELS; INERTIAL SUBRANGE; INITIAL FREQUENCIES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; LENGTH-SCALE; MESH SPACINGS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; RELATIVE LOCATIONS; SPECTRAL PEAKS; SUBFILTER-SCALE; TURBULENT ENERGIES; TURBULENT STATISTICS; VARIABLE MESH SPACING; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS; VERTICAL GRIDS; VERTICAL VELOCITIES; WAVE NUMBERS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENCE;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 64249104462     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9360-z     Document Type: Article

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