Weak-wind mesoscale meandering in the nocturnal boundary layer

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-347

  Mahrt, Larry ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Meandering; Mesoscale; Nocturnal boundary layer; Stratified boundary layer; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ANEMOMETERS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GRAVITY WAVES; STATISTICS; WIND;

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34547655663     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-007-9024-9     Document Type: Article

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