TY - JOUR
T1 - Large-Eddy Simulations of Dust Devils and Convective Vortices
AU - Spiga, Aymeric
AU - Barth, Erika
AU - Gu, Zhaolin
AU - Hoffmann, Fabian
AU - Ito, Junshi
AU - Jemmett-Smith, Bradley
AU - Klose, Martina
AU - Nishizawa, Seiya
AU - Raasch, Siegfried
AU - Rafkin, Scot
AU - Takemi, Tetsuya
AU - Tyler, Daniel
AU - Wei, Wei
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - In this review, we address the use of numerical computations called Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) to study dust devils, and the more general class of atmospheric phenomena they belong to (convective vortices). We describe the main elements of the LES methodology. We review the properties, statistics, and variability of dust devils and convective vortices resolved by LES in both terrestrial and Martian environments. The current challenges faced by modelers using LES for dust devils are also discussed in detail.
AB - In this review, we address the use of numerical computations called Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) to study dust devils, and the more general class of atmospheric phenomena they belong to (convective vortices). We describe the main elements of the LES methodology. We review the properties, statistics, and variability of dust devils and convective vortices resolved by LES in both terrestrial and Martian environments. The current challenges faced by modelers using LES for dust devils are also discussed in detail.
KW - Convective boundary layer
KW - Convective vortices
KW - Dust devils
KW - Large-Eddy Simulations
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U2 - 10.1007/s11214-016-0284-x
DO - 10.1007/s11214-016-0284-x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84988700971
SN - 0038-6308
VL - 203
SP - 245
EP - 275
JO - Space Science Reviews
JF - Space Science Reviews
IS - 1-4
ER -