A simple, efficient solution of flux-profile relationships in the atmospheric surface layer

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 341-347

  Pleim, Jonathan E ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER; FLUX-PROFILE RELATIONSHIP; THERMAL ROUGHNESS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE LAYER;

EID: 33646573983     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2339.1     Document Type: Article

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