Aircraft-based measurements of turbulence structures in the Katabatic flow over Greenland

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-81

  Heinemann, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft study; Greenland; Katabatic wind; Stable Arctic boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; ICE; JETS; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; WIND;

KATABATIC FLOW;

METEOROLOGY;

HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

HEAT FLUX; ICE SHEET; KATABATIC FLOW; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0036536993     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014537229865     Document Type: Article

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