Analysis of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height Characteristics over the Arctic Ocean Using the Aircraft and GPS Soundings

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Cheng Ying, Dai ^a,b   Zhi Qiu, Gao ^a   Qing, Wang ^c   Gang, Cheng ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

aircraft sounding; Arctic boundary layer; boundary layer height; GPS sounding; turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; GPS; HEAT BUDGET; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURBULENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84910080999     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2011.11446916     Document Type: Article

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