Atmospheric boundary-layer fluxes and structure across a land-sea transition zone in South-eastern Africa

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-330

  Jury, Mark ^a,b   Rouault, Mathieu ^b   Weeks, Scarla ^b   Schormann, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c CloudQuest   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boundary layer fluxes; Land sea transition; South eastern Africa

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE TRANSITION; COASTAL ZONE; LAND/SEA TRANSITION; SURFACE FLUX;

AFRICA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0031285294     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000295700599     Document Type: Article

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