Spatial variability of atmospheric boundary layer structure over the eastern equatorial Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1574-1592

  Yin, Bingfan ^a   Albrecht, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURES; LIFTING CONDENSATION LEVEL (LCL);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

(EQUATORIAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034118515     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1574:SVOABL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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