Assessment of Monin-Obukhov scaling over small slopes

Geofizika

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-108

  Grisogono, Branko ^a   Rajak, Dragana Zovko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gradient Richardson number; Parameterization; Prandtl number; Stably stratified turbulence; Very stable boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WIND WAVE;

EID: 70349911802     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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