Evaluation of turbulence closure models for Large-Eddy simulation over complex terrain: Flow over Askervein Hill

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1050-1065

  Chow, Fotini Katopodes ^a   Street, Robert L ^b  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASKERVEIN HILL; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DYNAMIC RECONSTRUCTION MODELS; DYNAMIC TURBULENCE; EDDY VISCOSITY; EDDY VISCOSITY MODEL; ENSEMBLE AVERAGES; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD DATA; FLAT TERRAINS; INFLOW CONDITIONS; MEAN FLOW; MIXED MODELS; NEAR-WALL; NEUTRAL BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; ROUGH TERRAINS; SCALE SIMILARITY; SCOTLAND; SLOPING TERRAINS; TEST CASE; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VELOCITY PROFILES; VELOCITY RECONSTRUCTION; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND DATA;

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BIT ERROR RATE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMBINES; DYNAMIC MODELS; FLOW SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RESTORATION; SIMULATORS; STANDARDS; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

ASKERVEIN HILL; EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; SOUTH UIST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649206716     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1862.1     Document Type: Article

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