A posteriori subgrid-scale model tests based on the conditional means of subgrid-scale stress and its production rate

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 626, Issue , 2009, Pages 149-181

  Chen, Qinglin ^a   Otte, Martin J ^b   Sullivan, Peter P ^c   Tong, Chenning ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CONDITIONAL MEANS; CONDITIONAL STATISTICS; CONVECTIVE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; JOINT PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; MODEL PERFORMANCE; STATISTICAL MODELING; SUBGRID SCALE MODELS; SUBGRID SCALE STRESS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 67651055979     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200800565X     Document Type: Article

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