What determines the nocturnal cooling timescale at 2 m?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Pattantyus Abraham M ^a   Janosi I M ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COOLING; METEOROLOGY; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND EFFECTS;

ABSOLUTE AIR HUMIDITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TIME CONSTANTS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442424024     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019137     Document Type: Article

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