Mass exchange in the stable boundary layer by coherent structures

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 114-131

  Cooper, D I ^a   Leclerc, M Y ^b   Archuleta, J ^a   Coulter, R ^d   Eichinger, W E ^c   Kao, C Y J ^a   Nappo, C J ^e  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NOAA/ATDD   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermittency; Lidar; Nocturnal surface atmosphere exchange; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence; Wave and atmospheric gaseous exchange; Wave turbulence interactions; Waves

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; LIDAR; PLUME; SOLITARY WAVE; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 33646105871     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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