Near-surface turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 239, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1305-1317

  Folz, Alan ^a   Wallace, James M ^b  

^a Folsys Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Dissipation rate; Hot wire measurements; Turbulence; Turbulent boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CHANNEL FLOW; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PROBES; REYNOLDS EQUATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VORTICITY; WIND TUNNELS;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; DISSIPATION RATE OF TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; DISSIPATION RATES; HOT WIRE MEASUREMENTS; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; WALL-NORMAL VORTICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79951972191     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2009.06.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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