A large-eddy simulation study of scalar dissimilarity in the convective atmospheric boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-15

  Cancelli, Diana M ^a   Chamecki, Marcelo ^b   Dias, Nelson L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulations; Mixed layer; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DE CORRELATIONS; ENTRAINMENT FLUX; MIXED LAYER; NON-STATIONARITIES; SCALAR VARIANCE; SURFACE LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA PROCESSING;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL METHOD; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 84891638688     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0113.1     Document Type: Article

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