The Diurnal Temperature Cycle and Its Relation to Boundary-Layer Structure During the Morning Transition

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 335-351

  Ketzler, G ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diurnal cycle; Morning transition; Stable boundary layer; Urban climatology; Warming and cooling rates

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COOLING RATES; DIURNAL CYCLE; MORNING TRANSITION; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN CLIMATOLOGY;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; URBAN CLIMATE; WARMING;

EID: 84897021129     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-013-9898-7     Document Type: Article

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