Nocturnal boundary-layer regimes

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-278

  Mahrt, L ^a   Sun, Jielun ^b   Blumen, William ^b   Delany, Tony ^c   Oncley, Steve ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical study; Boundary layer; Heat flux; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032468621     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001171313493     Document Type: Article

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