An observational study of the evening transition boundary-layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 539, 1997, Pages 657-677

  Grant, A L M ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evening transition; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; EVENING TRANSITION; KINETIC ENERGY; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031437370     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53906     Document Type: Article

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