Surface heterogeneity and vertical structure of the boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 33-62

  Mahrt, L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blending height; Convective boundary layer; Heterogeneity; Internal boundary layer; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HETEROGENEITY; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 0033943935     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002482332477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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