Comments on 'Diagnostic and prognostic equations for the depth of the stably stratified Ekman boundary layer' by Sergej Zilitinkevich, Alexander Baklanov, Jutta Rost, Ann-Sofi Smedman, Vasiliy Lykosov and Pierluigi Calanca (January A, 2002, 128, 25-46)

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 595 PART B, 2003, Pages 3505-3508

  Bergmann, J C ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer depth; Free flow stability; Momentum balance; Rossby number

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0348171076     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02/91     Document Type: Article

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