Consistent two-equation closure modelling for atmospheric research: Buoyancy and vegetation implementations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 307-327

  Sogachev, Andrey ^a   Kelly, Mark ^a   Leclerc, Monique Y ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Atmospheric surface layer; Canopy flow; Monin Obukhov similarity theory; Non neutral stratification; Turbulence closure; Two equation closure models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; DRAG; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; CANOPY FLOW; CLOSURE MODELS; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; NON-NEUTRAL; TURBULENCE CLOSURES;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

EID: 84893360298     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9726-5     Document Type: Article

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