Finescale structure and dynamics of an atmospheric temperature interface

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1701-1710

  Hohreiter, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL); GROUND OBSERVATION (METAR); NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; SONIC ANEMOMETERS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; TIME SERIES; WIND DIRECTION (WD); WIND SPEED (WS);

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 45849107287     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAS2576.1     Document Type: Article

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