Geometric alignments of the subgrid-scale force in the atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Higgins, Chad W ^a   Meneveau, Charles ^b,c   Parlange, Marc B ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Smagorinsky model; Statistical geometry; Subgrid scale; Vector model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; SMAGORINSKY MODEL; STATISTICAL GEOMETRY; SUBGRID SCALE; VECTOR MODEL;

AERODYNAMICS; ALIGNMENT; ANEMOMETERS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CHANNEL FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; STRAIN RATE; TROPOSPHERE; VECTORS; VISCOSITY;

SIMULATORS;

ANEMOMETER; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VECTOR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 65449147119     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9385-3     Document Type: Article

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