The Apsley and Castro Limited-Length-Scale k-ε Model Revisited for Improved Performance in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-215

  Sumner, Jonathon ^a   Masson, Christian ^a  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; k turbulence model; Mixing length; Stable stratification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; CONSTANT STRESS; DISSIPATION RATES; LIMITING VALUES; MIXING LENGTH; MODERATE VALUE; ORIGINAL MODEL; STABLE STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYERS; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 84863099466     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9724-7     Document Type: Article

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