Structure of the entrainment zone capping the convective atmospheric boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3042-3064

  Sullivan, Peter P ^a   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   Stevens, Bjorn ^a   Lenschow, Donald H ^a   Mayor, Shane D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

EID: 0032470092     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<3042:SOTEZC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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