A Study of the Stable Boundary Layer Based on a Single-Column K-Theory Model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-53

  Sorbjan, Zbigniew ^a,b  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Baroclinicity; CASES 99; K theory model; SHEBA; Single column model; Stable boundary layer; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINICITY; CASES-99; K-THEORY; SHEBA; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EXPERIMENTS; METEOROLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SUBSIDENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRAG; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 82455198585     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9654-9     Document Type: Article

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