The angle of the near-surface wind-turning in weakly stable boundary layers

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 656, 2011, Pages 700-708

  Grisogono, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Eddy diffusivity; Ekman layer; Meandering; Surface layer; WKB theory

Indexed keywords

EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EKMAN LAYER; MEANDERING; SURFACE LAYER; WKB THEORY;

CLIMATE MODELS; DIFFUSION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; DIFFUSIVITY; EKMAN LAYER; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SURFACE LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 79955396057     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.789     Document Type: Article

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