Modifications to the mellor-Yamada-Nakanishi-Niino (MYNN) model for the stable stratification case

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 857-864

  Kitamura, Yuji ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; KINETIC ENERGY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 78649410469     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-506     Document Type: Article

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