Evaluating weather research and forecasting (WRF) model predictions of turbulent flow parameters in a dry convective boundary layer

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2429-2444

  Gibbs, Jeremy A ^a   Fedorovich, Evgeni ^a   Van Eijk, Alexander M J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES FLUIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convection; Large eddy simulations; Mesoscale modeling; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; BUOYANCY FORCING; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DRY CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW PARAMETERS; GRID-SPACINGS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; LARGE EDDY; LOCAL SCHEMES; MESOSCALE MODELING; NEAR-SURFACE; NONLOCAL; OKLAHOMA; PARAMETERIZATION SCHEMES; SIMULATION DATA; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; TURBULENCE GENERATION; TURBULENCE PARAMETERS; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; VALUE ADDED; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WRF MODEL; YONSEI UNIVERSITY;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COLD FRONT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84856190014     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAMC2661.1     Document Type: Article

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