Intermittency in the atmospheric surface layer: Unresolved or slowly varying?

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 239, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1251-1257

  Guala, M ^a   Metzger, M ^b   McKeon, B J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Intermittency; Large scales; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; LOW PASS FILTERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; BOUNDARY LAYER MEASUREMENTS; INTERMITTENCY; INTERMITTENT BEHAVIORS; LARGE SCALE OSCILLATIONS; LARGE-SCALES; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77957128647     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2009.10.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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