Observed wind profiles and turbulence fluxes over an ice surface with changing surface roughness

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-123

  Smeets, C J P P ^a   Duynkerke, P G ^b   Vugts, H F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Displacement height; Ice surface roughness; Katabatic flow; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND PROFILE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; KATABATIC FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0032732434     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1001899015849     Document Type: Article

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