The cessation of continuous turbulence as precursor of the very stable nocturnal boundary layer

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3097-3115

  van de Wiel, B J H ^a   Moene, A F ^b   Jonker, H J J ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Heat budgets fluxes; Nonlinear models; Small scale processes; Stability; Surface fluxes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTION; HEAT BUDGET; NON-LINEAR MODEL; SMALL-SCALE PROCESS; SURFACE FLUX;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

FLOW FIELD; FLOW STABILITY; HEAT FLUX; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; NONLINEARITY; PRESSURE FIELD; SURFACE FLUX; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84871955910     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-064.1     Document Type: Article

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