On the Time Evolution of the Turbulent Kinetic Energy Spectrum for Decaying Turbulence in the Convective Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-75

  Goulart, A G ^a   Bodmann, B E J ^b   de Vilhena, M T M B ^b   Soares, P M M ^c   Moreira, D M ^a  

^a Federal University of the Pampa   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Turbulent kinetic energy; Vertical non homogeneous turbulence field

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE SURFACES; DECAYING TURBULENCE; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; THEORETICAL MODELING; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL COMPONENT;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BUOYANCY; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURBULENCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 78650520003     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9546-4     Document Type: Article

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