A large-eddy simulation study of the influence of subsidence on the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Mirocha, Jeffrey D ^a   Kosović, Branko ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Large eddy simulation; Stable boundary layer; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSIVITY COEFFICIENT; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION MODELS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; QUASI-EQUILIBRIUM; QUASI-STEADY CONDITIONS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; WINTER CONDITIONS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TROPOSPHERE;

SIMULATORS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SNOWPACK; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUBSIDENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 72549109873     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9449-4     Document Type: Article

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