Temporal oscillations in the convective boundary layer forced by mesoscale surface heat-flux variations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-81

  Kang, Song Lak ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer parameterization; Energy cascade; Organized motions; Spectral gap; Surface heat flux variation; Temporal oscillation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY-LAYER PARAMETERIZATION; ENERGY CASCADE; ORGANIZED MOTIONS; SPECTRAL GAP; TEMPORAL OSCILLATION;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TURBULENCE;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE MOTION; OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 67349284735     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9391-5     Document Type: Article

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