Measuring vertical heat flux with RASS

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 91-103

  Potvin, Guy ^a   Rogers, R R ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

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EID: 0033235237     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050047     Document Type: Article

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