Stable atmospheric boundary layers and diurnal cycles: Challenges for weather and climate models

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1691-1706

  Holtslag, A A M ^a   Svensson, G ^b   Baas, P ^c   Basu, S ^d   Beare, B ^e   Beljaars, A C M ^f   Bosveld, F C ^c   Cuxart, J ^g   Lindvall, J ^b   Steeneveld, G J ^a   Tjernstrom M ^b   Van De Wiel, B J H ^h  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^h EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; CAPPING INVERSION; NONLINEAR PROCESS; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SPATIAL AVERAGING; STABLE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 84890404584     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00187.1     Document Type: Article

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