Time scales in the unstable atmospheric surface layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-50

  Metzger, Meredith ^a   Holmes, Heather ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric surface layer; Atmospheric turbulence; Averaging time; Mean removal; Time scales

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT FLUX; MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER; EDDY COVARIANCE; MULTIRESOLUTION DECOMPOSITION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT FLUX; MULTIRESOLUTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

ANEMOMETER; CONVECTION; EDDY COVARIANCE; HEAT FLUX; TIMESCALE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 36448945123     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9219-0     Document Type: Article

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