Vertical variations of mixing lengths under neutral and stable conditions during CASES-99

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2030-2041

  Sun, Jielun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASES-99; COOPERATIVE ATMOSPHERE-SURFACE EXCHANGE STUDIES; MIXING LENGTH; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY THEORY; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; VERTICAL VARIATION;

MIXING;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

HEAT FLOW; MOMENTUM; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 81355135007     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05006.1     Document Type: Article

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