Surface-layer fluxes, profiles, and turbulence measurements over uniform terrain under near-neutral conditions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1029-1044

  Oncley, Steven P ^a   Friehe, Carl A ^b   Larue, John C ^b   Businger, Joost A ^c   Itsweire, Eric C ^d   Chang, Sam S ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Science Foundation ^*

^d NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUX PROFILE; KINETIC ENERGY; SURFACE LAYER FLUX; TURBULENT ENERGY; VON KARMAN CONSTANT;

EID: 0030467803     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1029:SLFPAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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