Observations and simulations of diurnal cycles of near-surface wind speeds over land and sea

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 21327-21337

  Barthelmie, R J ^a,c   Grisogono, B ^b,d   Pryor, S C ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS; SEA; WIND SPEEDS;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; DIURNAL CYCLE; LAND; SEA SURFACE; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030429622     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01520     Document Type: Article

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