Variability in the summertime coastal marine atmospheric boundary-layer off California, USA

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 597 PART B, 2004, Pages 423-448

  Ström, Linda ^a   Tjernström, Michael ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT FLUX; TURBULENCE;

MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYERS (MABL);

METEOROLOGY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SUMMER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND FIELD;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642399799     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.12     Document Type: Article

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