The applicability of similarity theory to a road surface

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-88

  Chen, D ^a   Gustavsson, T ^a   Bogren, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ROADS AND STREETS;

INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; LATENT HEAT EXCHANGES; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NEAR-NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENT HEAT FLUXES; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0006850595     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482799001036     Document Type: Article

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