The characteristics of the sensible heat and momentum transfer coefficients over the Gobi in Northwest China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-629

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Wang, Sheng ^a   Barlage, Michael ^b   Tian, Wenshou ^c   Huang, Ronghui ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Building effect; Bulk Richardson number; Bulk transfer coefficient; Gobi

Indexed keywords

BUILDING EFFECTS; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; BULK TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; BULK TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; DIURNAL VARIATION; DUNHUANG; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GOBI; GOBI DESERT; IN-PHASE; INTENSIVE OBSERVATION PERIODS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MOMENTUM FLUX; NORTHWEST CHINA; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SENSIBLE HEAT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; TYPICAL VALUES; WIND DIRECTIONS;

ARID REGIONS; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED CONVECTION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

BUILDINGS;

ARID REGION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; WIND DIRECTION;

GOBI DESERT;

EID: 79952290398     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2071     Document Type: Article

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