Observations, experiments, and large Eddy simulation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 283-294

  Stevens, Bjorn ^a   Lenschow, Donald H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0000971934     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0283:OEALES>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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