Nested large-eddy simulations of the intermittently turbulent stable atmospheric boundary layer over real terrain

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1021-1039

  Zhou, Bowen ^a   Chow, Fotini Katopodes ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE ATMOSPHERE-SURFACE EXCHANGE STUDIES; DYNAMIC RECONSTRUCTION; GRAVITY-WAVE BREAKING; QUIESCENT CONDITIONS; STABLE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPORAL PRECISION; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TURBULENCE CLOSURES;

LAMINAR FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE;

LANDFORMS;

GRAVITY WAVE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TERRAIN; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; VALLEY; WAVE BREAKING;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896767607     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0168.1     Document Type: Article

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