Long-range transport of terrain-induced turbulence from high-resolution numerical simulations

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 11793-11805

  Katurji, M ^a   Zhong, S ^b   Zawar Reza, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 82255170807     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-11793-2011     Document Type: Article

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