On the velocity gradient in stably stratified sheared flows. Part 1: Asymptotic analysis and applications

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 505-511

  Zilitinkevich, S S ^a,b,c,d   Esau, I ^b,e   Kleeorin, N ^f   Rogachevskii, I ^f   Kouznetsov, R D ^a,c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Flux Richardson number; Stationary and homogeneous regime; Strong static stability; Turbulence closure; Turbulent dissipation length scale; Turbulent kinetic energy; Velocity gradient

Indexed keywords

FLUX RICHARDSON NUMBER; LENGTH SCALE; STATIC STABILITY; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENT DISSIPATION; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXED CONVECTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISSIPATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 77952420024     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9488-x     Document Type: Article

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