Generalizing 'z-less' mixing length for stable boundary layers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 646, 2010, Pages 213-221

  Grisogono, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Parametrization; Prandtl number; Richardson gradient number; Stably stratified turbulence; Very stable boundary layers

Indexed keywords

PARAMETRIZATION; PARAMETRIZATIONS; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STABLY-STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; PRANDTL NUMBER; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 77249133576     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.529     Document Type: Article

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