Turbulent flux events in a nearly neutral atmospheric boundary layer

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1852, 2007, Pages 841-858

  Narasimha, Roddam ^a   Kumar, S Rudra ^b   Prabhu, A ^c   Kailas, S V ^d  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b Marketics Technologies India Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d Abstract Algorithm Technologies Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; Burstiness; Episodic description; Flux events; Turbulent momentum flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847239130     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2006.1949     Document Type: Review

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