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Tampieri, Francesco.

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  • Turbulence and dispersion in the planetary boundary layer
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    Title/Author: Turbulence and dispersion in the planetary boundary layer/ by Francesco Tampieri.
    Author: Tampieri, Francesco.
    Published: Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
    Description: xvi, 241 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
    [NT 15003449]: Introduction -- The basic definition of the planetary boundary layer -- A few words about turbulence -- The structure and evolution of the PBL -- The transport problem and the turbulent dispersion -- Observations -- Numerical experiments and simulations -- Appendix -- References -- A summary of mathematics and physics for PBL -- Eulerian and Lagrangian description -- The equations for velocity and passive scalars -- Stochastic variables -- Reynolds averaged equations -- Universal features of shear-dominated turbulence -- Exercises -- References -- The basic paradigm: horizontal homogeneity over flat terrain -- The governing equations -- Inner and outer scaling from the wind profile -- Similarity, Obukhov length and beyond -- The surface layer in neutral and unstable conditions -- The outer region in neutral conditions -- Some features of the convective boundary layer -- Stable boundary layers -- Some remarks about the spectra -- Exercises -- References -- Horizontal heterogeneities -- Explicit treatment vs. parameterization -- Internal boundary layers -- The boundary layer over hills and valleys -- Subgrid effects of the heterogeneous surface features -- Low wind, small vertical fluxes -- Canopy flow and the urban PBL -- Exercises -- References -- Turbulent dispersion -- The transport problem for fluid parcels -- Absolute dispersion of tracer parcels -- Two-parcel dispersion -- Meandering -- Observations of dispersion -- The stochastic approach to the absolute dispersion of tracer parcels -- Dispersion of inertial particles -- Exercises -- References -- Numerical modeling of turbulence for PBL flows -- Introduction -- Closures for the Reynolds-averaged equations -- Large Eddy Simulations -- Numerical simulations of PBL problems -- Exercises -- References -- Solutions -- References -- Index.
    Contained By: Springer eBooks
    Subject: Boundary layer (Meteorology) -
    Online resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43604-3
    ISBN: 9783319436043
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