The effect of atmospheric stability on the surface-layer characteristics in a low-wind area of tropical West Africa research note

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 309-323

  Jegede, O ^a,b  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Displacement height; Net radiation; Profile measurements; Roughness length; Tropical africa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECT; SURFACE LAYER; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPLACEMENT HEIGHT; RADIATION; ROUGHNESS LENGTH; TROPICS; WIND VELOCITY;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0031421790     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000447600185     Document Type: Article

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