A wind profiler climatology of boundary layer structure above the boreal forest

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29083-29100

  Wilczak, James M ^a   Cancillo, M Luisa ^b   King, Clark W ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINUS BANKSIANA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND PROFILER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0031433857     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd02315     Document Type: Article

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