Turbulence in the atmospheric boundary layer

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 111-142

  Nieuwstadt, F T M ^a   Duynkerke, P G ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; SCALING REGIME; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030450057     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8095(95)00034-8     Document Type: Article

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