A study of concentration fluctuations in instantaneous clouds dispersing in the atmospheric surface layer for relative turbulent diffusion: basic descriptive statistics

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-457

  Yee, Eugene ^a   Kosteniuk, P R ^b   Bowers, J F ^c  

^a Box 4000   (Canada)

^b Kosteniuk Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^c W Desert Test Ctr US Army D   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DISPERSION;

EID: 0032445367     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001080429083     Document Type: Article

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