Boundary-layer decoupling over cold surfaces as a physical boundary-instability

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 297-325

  Derbyshire, S H ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical modelling; Stable boundary layers; Surface energy budget

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; ENERGY BUDGET; INSTABILITY; MICROMETEOROLOGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032971059     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001710014316     Document Type: Article

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