Observational Support for the Stability Dependence of the Bulk Richardson Number Across the Stable Boundary Layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 515-523

  Basu, S ^a   Holtslag, A A M ^b   Caporaso, L ^c   Riccio, A ^d   Steeneveld, G J ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary layer height; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893967800     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9878-y     Document Type: Article

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