Is geometry more universal than physics in atmospheric boundary layer flow?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Belusic D ^a   Mahrt, L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TIME SERIES;

BASIC SHAPES; DIFFERENT SHAPES; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; MESO SCALE; SHAPE FUNCTIONS; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SMALL SCALE; STABLE STRATIFICATION; TIME-SCALES; TRANSPORT OF HEAT; TURBULENT EDDY;

GEOMETRY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PHYSICS; SCALE EFFECT; SHAPE; STRATIFICATION; TIME SERIES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84861115494     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016987     Document Type: Article

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