Improving the Mellor-Yamada-Janjić Parameterization for wind conditions in the marine planetary boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 301-324

  Sušelj, Kay ^a,b   Sood, Abha ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Marine boundary layer; Master length scale; Mellor Yamada Janji scheme; Turbulence closure

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; LENGTH SCALE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; MEAN WIND SPEED; MODIFIED MLS; NON-LOCAL EFFECT; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OFF-SHORE WIND ENERGY; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PBL PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE STABILITY; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENT FLUX; VERTICAL WIND; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND FIELD; WIND SPEED; WRF MODEL;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY HARVESTING; MARINE APPLICATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE LAYER; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77954241971     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9502-3     Document Type: Article

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