Observations and Large-Eddy Simulations of Entrainment in the Sheared Sahelian Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-101

  Canut, Guylaine ^a   Couvreux, Fleur ^b   Lothon, Marie ^a   Pino, David ^c   Saïd, Frédérique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Large eddy simulation; Sahelian boundary layer; Sheared boundary layer

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; DRY CONDITION; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; ENTRAINMENT ZONE; FIRST-ORDER APPROXIMATIONS; FREE TROPOSPHERE; KEY PROCESS; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIZATIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SEMI ARID; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SENSITIVITY TESTS; TRANSITION PERIOD; WARM AIR;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRESS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 82455167919     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9661-x     Document Type: Article

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