On the determination of the neutral drag coefficient in the convective boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-278

  Grachev, A A ^a   Fairall, C W ^b   Larsen, S E ^c  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Convective boundary layer; Drag coefficient; Roughness length

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ROUGHNESS LENGTH;

EID: 0031823562     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000617300732     Document Type: Article

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