Pathology of Monin-Obukhov similarity in the stable boundary layer

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Cheng, Yinguo ^a   Parlange, Marc B ^b   Brutsaert, Wilfried ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; BOUNDARY LAYER; DENSITY CURRENT; GRAVITY WAVE; JET;

EID: 20044366965     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004923     Document Type: Article

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