Comparing mixing-length models of the diabatic wind profile over homogeneous terrain

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-335

  Peña, Alfredo ^a,b   Gryning, Sven Erik ^a   Hasager, Charlotte Bay ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANEMOMETER; BACKSCATTER; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIABATIC PROCESS; LIDAR; MIXING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURFACE LAYER; TERRAIN; TURBULENCE; WIND PROFILE;

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EID: 77951768158     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-009-0196-8     Document Type: Article

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