Observations of the afternoon transition of the convective boundary layer

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-11

  Grimsdell, Alison W ^a   Angevine, Wayne M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME MEASUREMENT; WIND;

INVERSION LAYER SEPARATION (ILS);

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER RADAR; WIND PROFILE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036337989     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2002)041<0003:OOTATO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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