Role of entrainment in surface-atmosphere interactions over the boreal forest

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29219-29230

  Davis, Kenneth J ^a,d   Lenschow, Donald H ^a   Oncley, Steven P ^a   Kiemle, Christoph ^b   Ehret, Gerhard ^b   Giez, Andreas ^b   Mann, Jakob ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/LAND INTERACTION; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; FOREST BIOME;

CANADA, MANITOBA; CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN;

ELECTRA;

EID: 0031433628     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02236     Document Type: Article

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