An evaluation of the flux-gradient relationship in the stable boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-405

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a,b   Grachev, Andrey A ^c,d  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CASES 99 data; Flux based scaling; Flux gradient relationship; Gradient based scaling; Monin Obukhov similarity; SHEBA data; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

CASES-99; DATA FLUX; FLUX-GRADIENT RELATIONSHIP; GRADIENT BASED; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77952428968     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9482-3     Document Type: Article

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