Turbulence and vertical fluxes in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. Part I: A large-eddy simulation study

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1513-1527

  Huang, Jing ^a   Bou Zeid, Elie ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABLE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; VERTICAL GRADIENTS; WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

STABILITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84880174640     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0167.1     Document Type: Article

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