The BLLAST field experiment: Boundary-Layer late afternoon and sunset turbulence

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 10931-10960

  Lothon, M ^a   Lohou, F ^a   Pino, D ^b   Couvreux, F ^c   Pardyjak, E R ^d   Reuder, J ^e   Vila Guerau De Arellano J ^f   Durand, P ^a   Hartogensis, O ^f   Legain, D ^c   Augustin, P ^g   Gioli, B ^h   Lenschow, D H ⁱ   Faloona, I ^j   Yague C ^k   Alexander, D C ^d   Angevine, W M ^l   Bargain, E ^a   Barrie J ^c   Bazile, E ^c   Bezombes, Y ^a   Blay Carreras, E ^b   Van De Boer, A ^f,w   Boichard, J L ^m   Bourdon, A ^c   Butet, A ^c   Campistron, B ^a   De Coster, O ^f   Cuxart, J ⁿ   Dabas, A ^c   Darbieu, C ^a   Deboudt, K ^g   Delbarre, H ^g   Derrien, S ^a   Flament, P ^g   Fourmentin, M ^g   Garai, A ^o   Gibert, F ^p   Graf, A ^q   Groebner, J ^r   Guichard, F ^c   Jimenez M A ^s   Jonassen, M ^e   Van Den Kroonenberg, A ^t   Magliulo, V ^x   Martin, S ^u   Martinez, D ^n,t   Mastrorillo, L ^m   Moene, A F ^f   Molinos, F ⁿ   Moulin, E ^c   Pietersen, H P ^f   Piguet, B ^c   Pique, E ^a   Roman Cascon C ^k   Rufin Soler, C ^v   Said F ^a   Sastre Marugan M ^k   Seity, Y ^c   Steeneveld, G J ^f   Toscano, P ^h   Traulle O ^c   Tzanos, D ^c   Wacker, S ^r   Wildmann, N ^t   Zaldei, A ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^h INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^q Institut für Bio und Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^r PMOD/WRC   (Switzerland)

^s INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^u TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^v Institut de Recherches en ENvironnement Industriel (IRENI)   (France)

^w UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^x CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

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EID: 84899996664     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-10931-2014     Document Type: Article

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