Land-atmosphere energy transfer and surface boundary layer characteristics in the rongbu valley on the northern slope of Mt. everest

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 396-405

  Zhong, Lei ^a,b,c   Ma, Yaoming ^a,d   Su, Zhongbo ^b   Lu, Lixin ^d,e   Ma, Weiqiang ^f   Lu, Yaqiong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^f Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MONSOON; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 69149083046     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-41.3.396     Document Type: Article

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