Large-Eddy Simulation of Very-Large-Scale Motions in the Neutrally Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 397-416

  Fang, Jiannong ^a   Porté Agel, Fernando ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Large eddy simulation; Turbulent boundary layer; Very large scale motions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW STRUCTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; COHERENT STRUCTURE; LARGE SCALE MOTION; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; STREAM-WISE VELOCITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CORRELATION; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 84939969138     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-015-0006-z     Document Type: Article

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