Boundary layer structure and stability classification validated with CO2 concentrations over the northern Spanish plateau

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 339-349

  Perez I A ^a   Sanchez M L ^a   Garcia M A ^a   De Torre, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Turbulence; Instruments and techniques); Radio science (Remote sensing)

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; JET FLOW; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SODAR; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 67649107563     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-339-2009     Document Type: Article

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