Thermodynamic variability within the convective boundary layer due to horizontal convective rolls

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 769-784

  Weckwerth, Tammy M ^a,b   Wilson, James W ^b   Wakimoto, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0002445621     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0769:TVWTCB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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