Daytime development of the boundary layer over a plain and in a valley under fair weather conditions: A comparison by means of idealized numerical simulations

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2128-2141

  Serafin, Stefano ^a,b   Zardi, Dino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Fluxes; Large eddy simulations; Valley mountain flows

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HEATING PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC VOLUME; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; ELEVATED LEVEL; FAIR WEATHER; GROUND ELEVATION; LARGE EDDY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; THERMAL FORCING; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TRANSFER PROCESS; UPSLOPE FLOWS; VALLEY/MOUNTAIN FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLUXES; HEAT CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MASS TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VALLEY;

EID: 80053209820     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAS3610.1     Document Type: Article

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