Variability and maintenance of turbulence in the very stable boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Mahrt, Larry ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Nocturnal boundary layer; Richardson number; Stable boundary layer; Submeso

Indexed keywords

BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CRITICAL RICHARDSON NUMBER; FLAT TERRAINS; INTERMITTENCY; MEAN FLOW; MEAN WIND SPEED; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; NON-STATIONARITIES; ON TIME; RANDOM VARIATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SIMILARITY THEORY; SOLITARY WAVE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STRESS DIRECTIONS; STRONG STABILITY; SURFACE STRESS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WAVE MOTIONS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRAG; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; LANDFORMS; MIXED CONVECTION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 77952430514     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-009-9463-6     Document Type: Article

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