On the computation of planetary boundary-layer height using the bulk Richardson number method

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2599-2611

  Zhang, Y ^a   Gao, Z ^b   Li, D ^c   Li, Y ^a   Zhang, N ^d   Zhao, X ^a   Chen, J ^a,e  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84910058897     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2599-2014     Document Type: Article

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