A new second-order turbulence closure scheme for the planetary boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1850-1867

  Abdella, K ^a,b   Mcfarlane, N ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031392614     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1850:ANSOTC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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