Parameterization of sheared convective entrainment in the first-order jump model: Evaluation through Large-eddy simulation

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-288

  Sun, Jianning ^a   Xu, Qiangjun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Entrainment heat flux; Entrainment rate; First order jump model; Large eddy simulation; Sheared convective boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRATIFICATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; EMPIRICAL CONSTANTS; ENTRAINMENT HEAT FLUX; ENTRAINMENT RATE; ENTRAINMENT RATES; FIRST-ORDER; FIRST-ORDER JUMP MODEL; FLUX RATIO; PARAMETERIZING; SHEARED CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; STEADY STATE; WIND SHEARS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SIMULATORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 67650397844     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9394-2     Document Type: Article

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