Wind and temperature profiles in the radix layer: The bottom fifth of the convective boundary layer

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-558

  Santoso, Edi ^a   Stull, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0032430861     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0545:WATPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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