Mass-flux characteristics of reactive scalars in the convective boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-56

  Petersen, Arthur C ^a,c   Beets, Cees ^a   Van Dop, Han ^a   Duynkerke, Peter G ^a   Siebesma, A Pier ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0033037904     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0037:MFCORS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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