A comparison of methods to estimate the height of stable boundary layer over a temperate grassland

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 132-142

  Hyun, Yu Kyung ^a,c   Kim, Kyung Eak ^b   Ha, Kyung Ja ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Curvature of temperature profile; Grassland; Inversion strength; SBL height

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 24944473810     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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