Observation of gravity waves in a boreal forest

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-398

  Lee, X ^a   Neumann, H H ^b   Den Hartog, G ^b   Fuentes, J D ^c   Black, T A ^d   Mickle, R E ^b   Yang, P C ^d   Blanken, P D ^d  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

BOREAS; Canopy waves; Forest; Phase speed; Shear instability

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; GRAVITY WAVES;

EID: 0031397727     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000454030493     Document Type: Article

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