A general framework for an "unmixed layer" PBL model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2652-2670

  Otte, Martin J ^a,b   Wyngaard, John C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Meteorology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MIXED LAYER MODEL; VERTICAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030390639     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2652:AGFFAL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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