CASES-99: A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 555-581

  Poulos, Gregory S ^a   Blumen, William ^a   Fritts, David C ^a   Lundquist, Julie K ^a   Sun, Jielun ^a   Burns, Sean P ^a   Nappo, Carmen ^a   Banta, Robert ^a   Newsom, Rob ^a   Cuxart, Joan ^a   Terradellas, Enric ^a   Balsley, Ben ^a   Jensen, Michael ^a  

^a Colorado Research Associates/NWRA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; SHEAR FLOW; THERMOCOUPLES; VORTEX SHEDDING;

DRAINAGE CURRENT FRONTS; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ SHEAR INSTABILITIES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

EID: 0036073052     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2002)083<0555:CACIOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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