Airborne measurements in the stable boundary layer over the Larsen Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-428

  King, J C ^a   Lachlan Cope, T A ^a   Ladkin, R S ^a   Weiss, A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; Antarctic; Orographic flows; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX;

OROGRAPHIC FLOWS; SURFACE MELT RATES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX;

DEGLACIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; HEAT FLUX; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 42649137540     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9271-4     Document Type: Article

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