Radiosonde boundary layer budgets above a boreal forest

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 29205-29212

  Barr, Alan G ^a   Betts, Alan K ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Atmospheric Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BOREAS; BOUNDARY LAYER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; RADIOSONDE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EID: 0031462694     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01105     Document Type: Article

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