In the core of the night - Effects of intermittent mixing on a horizontally heterogeneous surface

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-33

  Acevedo, Otávio C ^a   Fitzjarrald, David R ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Area averaging; Heterogeneous surface; Intermittent mixing; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

INTERMITTENT MIXING;

WIND EFFECTS;

CLEAR SKY; GUST; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0037268620     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020824109575     Document Type: Article

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