Surface-layer fluxes in stable conditions

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 495-520

  Howell, J F ^a   Sun, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Monin Obukhov similarity theory; Nocturnal; Stable surface layer

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLUX; STABILITY; SURFACE LAYER;

HEAT FLUX; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 0032847287     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001788515355     Document Type: Article

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