Coherent structures and the dissimilarity of turbulent transport of momentum and scalars in the unstable Atmospheric surface layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-262

  Li, Dan ^a   Bou Zeid, Elie ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Hairpin vortices; Quadrant analysis; Reynolds analogy; Thermal plumes; Transport efficiencies

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURE; HAIRPIN VORTICES; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS ANALOGY; TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; MOMENTUM; STABILITY; THERMAL PLUMES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE LAYER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 79960031672     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9613-5     Document Type: Article

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