Comments on "an extremum solution of the monin-obukhov similarity equations"

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1405-1408

  van de Wiel, B J H ^a   Basu, S ^b   Moene, A F ^c   Jonker, H J J ^d   Steeneveld, G J ^c   Holtslag, A A M ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy transport; Fluxes; Sensible heating; Surface layer; Transport; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959678543     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3680.1     Document Type: Letter

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