A first-order closure for covariances and fluxes of reactive species in the convective boundary layer

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1758-1776

  Petersen, Arthur C ^a,c   Holtslag, Albert A M ^a,b,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BOUNDARY LAYER; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033509908     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1758:AFOCFC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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