Direct numerical simulation of top-down and bottom-up diffusion in the convective boundary layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 724, Issue , 2013, Pages 581-606

  Waggy, Scott B ^a   Biringen, Sedat ^a   Sullivan, Peter P ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric flows; turbulence simulation; turbulent convection

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DIFFUSION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUAY WALLS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; BOTTOM-UP DIFFUSION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; TOP-DOWN DIFFUSION; TURBULENCE SIMULATION; TURBULENT CONVECTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLOW FIELD; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

EID: 84878269242     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.130     Document Type: Article

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