Monin-Obukhov Similarity Functions for the Structure Parameters of Temperature and Humidity

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-67

  Li, Dan ^a   Bou Zeid, Elie ^a   de Bruin, Henk A R ^b,c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b Freelance Researcher   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Monin Obukhov similarity; Scintillometry; Structure parameters; Temperature humidity similarity

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS; DATA SETS; ENTRAINMENT EFFECTS; FRICTION VELOCITY; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; LARGE-SCALE EDDIES; MONIN-OBUKHOV SIMILARITY; OUTER LAYER; SCINTILLOMETRY; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SIMILARITY FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE PARAMETER; SURFACE SOURCES; TEMPERATURE-HUMIDITY SIMILARITY; TURBULENT TRANSPORTS; TWO WAVELENGTH; WATER VAPOUR; WATER VAPOUR EFFECT; WET SURFACES;

EVAPORATION; VAPORS;

SCINTILLATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPORATION; HUMIDITY; MONIN-OBUKHOV THEORY; SURFACE LAYER; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84865963237     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9660-y     Document Type: Article

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