Steps, waves and turbulence in the stably stratified planetary boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-421

  Chimonas, George ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity waves; Planetary boundary layer; Turbulence; Wind structure

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032846298     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001709029773     Document Type: Article

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