Effects caused by varying the strength of the capping inversion based on a large eddy simulation model of the shear-free convective boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2015-2024

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; INVERSION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 0030425613     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2015:ECBVTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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