Large-eddy simulation of the planetary boundary layer under baroclinic conditions during daytime and sunset turbulence

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-71

  Rizza, Umberto ^a   Miglietta, Mario M ^a   Acevedo, Otávio C ^b   Anabor, Vagner ^b   Degrazia, Gervasio A ^b   Goulart, Antonio G ^c   Zimmerman, Hans R ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baroclinic boundary layer; Large eddy simulation; Planetary boundary layer; Turbulence decay

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LARGE DATASET; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; METEOROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE DECAY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84874713211     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1284     Document Type: Article

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