Evaluating formulations of stable boundary layer height

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1736-1749

  Vickers, Dean ^a   Mahrt, L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

EDDY CORRELATION; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYERS; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BUOYANCY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 11444256334     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2160.1     Document Type: Article

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