Surface diurnal cycle and boundary layer structure over Rondônia during the rainy season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-32-1-LBA-32-14

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Fuentes, Jose D ^b   Garstang, Michael ^b   Ball, John H ^a  

^a Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3314 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective processes; 3322 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Land atmosphere interactions; 3374 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; WATER ABSORPTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER; GEOPHYSICS; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WET SEASON; WIND;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448952763     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000356     Document Type: Article

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