Probability density functions of turbulent velocity and temperature in the atmospheric surface layer

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1681-1688

  Chu, Chia R ^a,b   Parlange, Marc B ^a   Katul, Gabriel G ^c   Albertson, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALSALATE;

DENSITY; HEAT; LABORATORY; METEOROLOGY; PLUME; SIMULATION; TAIL; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENT;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE VELOCITY;

EID: 0029663869     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00287     Document Type: Article

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