Methods of virtual heat flux determination from boundary layer wind profiler / RASS measurements

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-128

  Lippmann, J ^a,b   Bauer, M ^c   Peters, G ^d  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b Radian   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; RASS MEASUREMENT; WIND PROFILER SYSTEM;

EID: 0030461130     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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