The Height of the Atmospheric Planetary Boundary layer: State of the Art and New Development

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn 125, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-161

  Zilitinkevich, Sergej S ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^d OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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

^f RUSSIAN STATE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air pollution; Atmospheric boundary layer; Baroclinic shear; Boundary layer height; Buoyancy; Colds; Diurnal variations; Emissions; Entrainment; Free atmosphere; Heats; Human health; Stratification; Turbulence; Vertical turbulent fluxes; Wind shear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883415505     PISSN: 18746519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2430-3_13     Document Type: Article

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