Spectra in the unstable surface layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-61

  Peltier, L J ^a   Wyngaard, J C ^a   Khanna, S ^b   Brasseur, J G ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; GRID MESH SIZE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SPECTRA MODELLING; SURFACE LAYER TURBULENCE;

EID: 0029728814     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0049:SITUSL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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