Regional flux estimation in a convective boundary layer using a conservation approach

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-182

  Peters Lidard, Christa D ^a   Davis, Luke H ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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EID: 0034164289     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1525-7541(2000)001<0170:RFEIAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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