Variability of local structure parameters in the convective boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1002-1017

  Cheinet, Sylvain ^a   Siebesma, Pier A ^b,c  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICAL WAVES; AVERAGE STRUCTURE; BACK UP; CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISSIPATION RATES; INTERMITTENCY; LOCAL STRUCTURE; LOG-NORMAL; MIXED LAYER; REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURE PARAMETER; SIMILARITY THEORY; SPATIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBGRID PARAMETERIZATION; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; THE STANDARD MODEL; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECURITY OF DATA; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 69849113611     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2790.1     Document Type: Article

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