The influence of submeso processes on stable boundary layer similarity relationships

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 207-225

  Acevedo, Otávio C ^a   Costa, Felipe D ^b   Oliveira, Pablo E S ^a   Puhales, Franciano S ^a   Degrazia, Gervásio A ^a   Roberti, Débora R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONLESS RATIOS; MULTI RESOLUTION DECOMPOSITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TIME-SCALE DEPENDENCE; TURBULENCE KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; KINETICS; STABILITY; TIME MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; KINETIC ENERGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84891644125     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0131.1     Document Type: Article

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