Large-scale structure of the June-July 1996 marine boundary layer along California and Oregon

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1632-1652

  Dorman, C E ^a   Holt, T ^b   Rogers, D P ^a   Edwards, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033927654     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1632:LSSOTJ>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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