Turbulent measurements in the stable atmospheric boundary layer during SHEBA: Ten years after

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-166

  Grachev, Andrey A ^a,b   Andreas, Edgar L ^c   Fairall, Christopher W ^a   Guest, Peter S ^d   Persson, P Ola G ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux profile relationships; Monin Obukhov similarity theory; Richardson number; SHEBA; Stable boundary layer; Turbulent Prandtl number

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; HEAT FLUX; PRANDTL NUMBER; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT FLUXES; TURBULENT MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENT PRANDTL NUMBER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

HEAT BUDGET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; PACK ICE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 37849018726     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-007-0048-9     Document Type: Article

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