An observational study of wind profiles in the baroclinic convective mixed layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-82

  Lemone, Margaret A ^a   Zhou, Mingyu ^b   Moeng, Chin Hoh ^a   Lenschow, Donald H ^a   Miller, L Jay ^a   Grossman, Robert L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroclinic boundary layers; Boundary layer wind profiles; Convective boundary layer; Entrainment; Mixed layer

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC ATMOSPHERE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; ENTRAINMENT; MIXED LAYER; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 0032917106     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001703303697     Document Type: Article

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