Structure of the planetary boundary layer over Southeast England: Modeling and measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7799-7818

  Xie, Bo ^a   Hunt, J C R ^b   Carruthers, D J ^c   Fung, J C H ^a   Barlow, J F ^d  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convective; nonlocal; PBL height; TKE; WRF

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEAT FLUX; KINETICS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXING;

CONVECTIVE; NONLOCAL; PBL HEIGHT; TKE; WRF;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FORECASTING METHOD; HEAT BALANCE; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84882741495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50621     Document Type: Article

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