Stable boundary-layer modelling: Established approaches and beyond

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-446

  Derbyshire, S H ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Stable boundary layers

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER MODEL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MODELING;

EID: 0032846667     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001749007836     Document Type: Article

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