Formation and development of nocturnal boundary layer clouds over the Southern Great Plains

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1409-1426

  Zhu, P ^a   Albrecht, B ^a   Gottschalck, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; KINETIC ENERGY; RADIATION; TURBULENT FLOW;

DEEPENING RATE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

HEIGHT DETERMINATION; LAND SURFACE; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; STRATUS; TURBULENT MIXING;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0035359775     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<1409:FADONB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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