Thermodynamic Aspects of Topography: the Role of Elevation

CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures

Volumn 475, Issue , 2007, Pages 75-99

  Steinacker, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boundary layer depth; Differential heating; Surface energy budget; Thermodynamic aspect; Vertical temperature profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955667935     PISSN: 02541971     EISSN: 23093706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-69291-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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