Evaluation of parametrization schemes for the convective boundary layer using large-eddy simulation results

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-200

  Brown, A R ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000721691     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00119064     Document Type: Review

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