The von Kármán constant retrieved from CASES-97 dataset using a variational method

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7045-7053

  Zhang, Y ^a   Ma, J ^b   Cao, Z ^b  

^a Zhuhai International Airport   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DATA SET; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WICHITA;

EID: 57349161988     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-7045-2008     Document Type: Article

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