Adjustment of the summer marine boundary layer around Point Sur, California

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2143-2159

  Dorman, C E ^a   Rogers, D P ^a   Nuss, W ^b   Thompson, W T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; WIND VELOCITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; WIND VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033399949     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2143:AOTSMB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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