An Evaluation of Boundary-Layer Depth, Inversion and Entrainment Parameters by Large-Eddy Simulation

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 245-263

  Brooks, Ian M ^a   Fowler, Alison M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrainment; Inversion; Large eddy simulation; Mixed layer depth

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ENTRAINMENT RATES; GRID POINTS; INVERSION; MIXED-LAYER DEPTH; MODEL RESOLUTION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SCALING PARAMETER; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; TEMPORAL CHANGE; VERTICAL GRIDS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPTICAL RADAR; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIDAR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84855348051     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9668-3     Document Type: Article

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