Improving Stable Boundary-Layer Height Estimation Using a Stability-Dependent Critical Bulk Richardson Number

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-109

  Richardson, H ^a   Basu, S ^a   Holtslag, A A M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary layer height; Large eddy simulation; Low level jet; Resistance laws; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; HEIGHT ESTIMATION; LOW LEVEL JET; RESISTANCE LAW; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND-TUNNEL DATA;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED CONVECTION;

STABILITY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; BULK DENSITY; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; JET FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878945577     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9812-3     Document Type: Article

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