The Near-Calm Stable Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-360

  Mahrt, Larry ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold pool; Intermittency; Mixing events; Nocturnal boundary layer; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

COLD POOL; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; INTERMITTENCY; MEAN WIND SPEED; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; SCALE DEPENDENCE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STRONG STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TURBULENT FLUX; VERTICAL MOTIONS; WEAK MEAN FLOWS; WIND SPEED;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; LAKES; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD POOL; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80051700626     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9616-2     Document Type: Article

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