A Length Scale Defining Partially-Resolved Boundary-Layer Turbulence Simulations

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-55

  Beare, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advection scheme; Boundary layer; Dissipation; Grey zone; Power spectrum; Subgrid model

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; LARGE-EDDY MODELS; MODEL CONFIGURATION; NUMERICAL DISSIPATION; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; SUBGRID MODEL; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINETICS; POWER SPECTRUM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRUM; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84896739502     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9881-3     Document Type: Article

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