Probability density functions of velocity increments in the atmospheric boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-255

  Liu, Lei ^a   Hu, Fei ^a   Cheng, Xue Ling ^a   Song, Li Li ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Probability density functions; Stable distribution; Truncated stable distribution; Velocity increments

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS; EXTREME WEATHER; FITTING RESULTS; INFINITE VARIANCES; SAND STORMS; SCALING TRANSFORMATION; STABLE DISTRIBUTION; STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS; TIME LAG; VELOCITY INCREMENTS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; TROPOSPHERE;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

KINETIC ENERGY; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 76649083240     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9441-z     Document Type: Article

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