Turbulent dispersion of non-uniformly emitted passive tracers in the convective boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-16

  Vinuesa, Jean François ^a   Galmarini, Stefano ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Non uniform emission; Scalar flux; Scalar variance; Turbulent dispersion

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; NON-UNIFORM EMISSION; SCALAR FLUX; SCALAR VARIANCE; TURBULENT DISPERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIMULATORS;

DISPERSIONS;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TRACER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 68949108090     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9416-0     Document Type: Article

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