Numerical simulations of the marine stratocumulus-capped boundary layer and its diurnal variation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1803-1816

  Smith, W S ^a,b   Kao, C Y J ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001204703     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1803:NSOTMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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