Turbulence characteristics of the stable boundary layer over a mid-latitude glacier. Part II: Pure katabatic forcing conditions

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-107

  Smeets, C J P P ^a   Duynkerke, P G ^b   Vugts, H F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Katabatic flow; Spectra; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence; Waves

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; GLACIER; TURBULENCE;

ANEMOMETER; BOUNDARY LAYER; GLACIER; KATABATIC FLOW; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0033818119     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002738407295     Document Type: Article

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