Three-dimensional buoyancy- and shear-induced local structure of the atmospheric boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 710-743

  Khanna, Samir ^a,b   Brasseur, James G ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Corning Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; STRUCTURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; BUOYANCY; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOWNDRAFT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; UPDRAFT;

EID: 0031862550     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0710:TDBASI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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