Systematic vertical variation of mesoscale fluxes in the nocturnal boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-30

  Acevedo, Otávio C ^a   Mahrt, Larry ^b  

^a Universidade Federal de Santa Maria   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flux; Mesoscale fluxes; Nocturnal boundary layer; Stable boundary layer; Tilt correction

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE FLUX; MESOSCALE VERTICAL VELOCITY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; NOCTURNAL COOLING; RANDOM VARIATION; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TILT CORRECTION; TIME-SCALES; VERTICAL FLUXES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; VERTICAL VARIATION;

ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; HEAT FLUX; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ERROR CORRECTION; HEAT FLUX; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MESOSCALE MOTION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 77952420409     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9465-4     Document Type: Article

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