Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 2001 · 50 citations · 18 references
Natural SciencesMeteorologyAtmospheric DynamicsComputational Fluid DynamicsFluid DynamicsAtmospheric Boundary LayerBoundary Layer FlowBoundary Layer MixingBoundary-layer StructureMixed Layer DynamicsThermal Boundary LayersAtmospheric Boundary Layer SimulationBoundary Layer EvolutionConvective Boundary Layer MixingInflow Boundary ConditionsMixed Layer FormationMixed Layer StructureTransition Between Convective RegimesTurbulence Structure
Results are presented from a large eddy simulation (LES) and wind tunnel study of the turbulence regime in a horizontally evolving sheared atmospheric convective boundary layer (CBL) capped by a temperature inversion. The wind tunnel part of the study has been conducted in the thermally stratified tunnel of the University of Karlsruhe. For the numerical part a modified LES procedure that was originally designed for simulation of the horizontally homogeneous atmospheric CBL has been employed.
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