Characterization of the martian convective boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2044-2058

  Martínez, Germán ^a   Valero, Francisco ^a   Vázquez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE VELOCITY; EDDY TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; FRICTION VELOCITY; GROUND TEMPERATURE; HORIZONTAL WINDS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU TEMPERATURE; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MIDLATITUDES; MIXED LAYER; MONIN-OBUKHOV LENGTH; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; PREVAILING WINDS; SIMILARITY THEORY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE LAYERS; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VERTICAL WIND; VISCOUS DISSIPATION RATE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FORCED CONVECTION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DATABASE; DISSIPATION; MARS; MIXED LAYER; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY SURFACE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 69949167977     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3007.1     Document Type: Article

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