Theoretical models of the height of the atmospheric boundary layer and turbulent entrainment at its upper boundary

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-142

  Zilitinkevich, S S ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Tyuryakov, S A ^d,e   Troitskaya, Yu I ^b,c   Mareev, E A ^b,c  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

aerosols; air pollution; atmospheric boundary layer; baroclinity; boundary layer height; entrainment; free atmosphere; stratification; turbulence

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAROCLINIC MODE; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT BALANCE; HUMIDITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84857304013     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433812010148     Document Type: Article

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