Comments on the numerical simulation of homogeneous stably-stratified turbulence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-164

  Zilitinkevich, Sergej S ^a,b,c  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Applicability limit; Depth of computational domain; Direct numerical simulation; Stably stratified turbulence; Turbulent length scale

Indexed keywords

APPLICABILITY LIMIT; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CUT-OFF; LENGTH SCALE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STANDARD DESIGN; STRATIFIED TURBULENCE; STRONG STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

TURBULENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 77953719067     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9484-1     Document Type: Article

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