Analysis of coherent structures within the atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-171

  Huang, Jing ^a   Cassiani, M ^a,b   Albertson, J D ^a,c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Channel flow; Coherent structures; Directnumerical simulation; Large eddy simulation; Proper orthogonal decomposition

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COHERENT STRUCTURES; COUNTER-ROTATING VORTICES; EIGEN-MODES; FLOW TYPES; LARGE-SCALE COHERENT STRUCTURES; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURES; MEAN FLOWS; PRIMARY INSTABILITIES; PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION; PROPER ORTHOGONAL DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES; STREAMWISE DIRECTIONS; TILT ANGLES; TRUNCATED RECONSTRUCTION; TURBULENT FIELDS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGIES; VERTICAL PLANES; VISCOUS SUB LAYERS; VORTEX PAIRS; WALL MODELS; WALL SURFACES;

ABILITY TESTING; AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; SUBSONIC FLOW; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

FLOW SIMULATION;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EIGENVALUE; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 64249162830     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9357-7     Document Type: Article

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