Structure and diurnal variation of the atmospheric boundary layer over a mid-latitude glacier in summer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-205

  Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLACIAL MELT; GLACIER WIND; KATABATIC WIND; METEOROLOGICAL EXPERIMENT; PASTEX; WIND PROFILE;

AUSTRIA, PASTERZE GLACIER;

EID: 0031458042     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000268825998     Document Type: Article

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