Structure of numerically simulated katabatic and anabatic flows along steep slopes

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 981-1010

  Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a   Shapiro, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabatic flow; Boundary layer; Katabatic flow; Numerical simulation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANABATIC FLOW; BUOYANCY FREQUENCY; FORCINGS; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; KATABATIC FLOW; LOW FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUASI-STEADY; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE FLOW; SLOPING SURFACES; STABLE STRATIFICATION; STEEP SLOPE; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; TURBULENCE STATISTICS; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENCE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

AMBIENT AIR; BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KATABATIC FLOW; LAMINAR FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OSCILLATING FLOW; SLOPE ANGLE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 70349623665     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-009-0027-4     Document Type: Article

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