Large-eddy simulation of katabatic winds. Part 1: Comparison with observations

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 803-836

  Axelsen, Simon L ^a   Dop, Han ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Katabatic winds; Large eddy simulation

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUXES; DOWNSLOPE; EXTERNAL INPUT; KATABATIC WINDS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MODEL RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SLOPE FLOW; SLOPE WINDS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BUOYANCY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; WIND;

SIMULATORS;

BUOYANCY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; KATABATIC FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SLOPE ANGLE; TERRAIN; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 70349616114     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-009-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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