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Author:

Vijayakumar, Ganesh

Title:

Non-steady Dynamics of Atmospheric Turbulence Interaction with Wind Turbine Loadings through Blade-boundary-layer-resolved CFD

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Atmosphere
Wind Turbines
LES
Hybrid URANS-LES
ABL
Atmospheric Boundary Layer

File:

Download Ganesh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Gordon Brasseur, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Gordon Brasseur, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric Paterson, Committee Member
Philip John Morris, Committee Member
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member

Author:

Jimenez Sanchez, Jorge Giovanni

Title:

The Orinoco low-level jet

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science

Keywords:

Low-level jet
Orinoco River
Llanos Savannas
Dynamical downscaling
WRF
Colombia
Venezuela
Momentum balance
sea breeze
Unare depression
Katabatic flow
Bora
gravity current
density current
downslope flow
expansion fan
point wakes
supercritical channel flow
turbulent diffusivity
Planetary Boundary Layer
PBL
Atmospheric Boundary Layer
ABL
LLJ
OLLJ
Blackadar mechanism
Holton mechanism
inertial oscillation
topographic thermal forcing
Orinoco low-level jet
Llanos low-level jet
Llanos
Tropics
Tropical meteorology
Mesoscale meteorology
bore
Guiana Highlands
Eastern Cordillera
Andes
Coastal Cordillera
Merida Cordillera
Guanipa Mesa
Macarena mountain range
Colombian Air Force
Fuerza Aerea Colombiana
low-level wind shear
aviation
boundary layer
Austral summer

File:

Download OLLJ_Dissertation_Jorge_Jimenez.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Outside Member