Atmospheric turbulence characteristics over a temperature-inhomogeneous land surface. Part II: The effect of small-scale inhomogeneities of surface temperature on some characteristics of the atmospheric surface layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-124

  Tsvang, L R ^a   Kukharets, V P ^a   Perepelkin, V G ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Source area; Surface inhomogeneity; Surface temperature; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; RADIATION; STEPPE; SURFACE HOMOGENEITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0031778186     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000652913936     Document Type: Article

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