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A family of wall models is proposed that exhibits moresatisfactory performance than previousmodels for the large-eddy simulation (LES) of the turbulentboundary layer over a rough surface.The time and horizontally averaged statistics such asmean vertical profiles of windvelocity, Reynolds stress, turbulent intensities, turbulentkinetic energy and alsospectra are compared with wind-tunnel experimental data.The purpose of the present study is to obtain simulatedturbulent flows that are comparable with wind-tunnelmeasurements for use as the wind environment for thenumerical prediction by LES of source dispersion in theneutral atmospheric boundary layer.
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Xie, Z., Voke, P.R., Hayden, P. et al. Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Flow Over a Rough Surface. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 111, 417–440 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BOUN.0000016599.75196.17
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