Local scales of turbulence in the stable boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-271

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient based scaling; Local scaling; Similarity theory; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE;

MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; RICHARDSON NUMBER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; PRANDTL NUMBER; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TURBULENCE;

EID: 41849094122     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-007-9260-z     Document Type: Article

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