The turbulence structure of the stable atmospheric boundary layer around a coastal headland: Aircraft observations and modelling results

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 531-559

  Brooks, Ian M ^a   Söderberg, Stefan ^b   Tjernström, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coastline; Local similarity scaling; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TURBULENCE;

EMPIRICAL SCALING FUNCTION;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; TURBULENCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037967141     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022822306571     Document Type: Article

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