An investigation of the boundary layer dynamics of Sardinia Island under sea-breeze conditions

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 516-524

  Melas, Dimitrios ^a,b,c,c   Lavagnini, Alfredo ^b   Sempreviva, Anna Maria ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE;

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EID: 0034029205     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2000)039<0516:AIOTBL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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