A study of the atmospheric surface layer and roughness lengths on the high-altitude tropical Zongo glacier, Bolivia

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3793-3808

  Sicart, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Litt, Maxime ^a   Helgason, Warren ^b   Tahar, Vanessa Ben ^c   Chaperon, Thomas ^d  

^a VERIMAG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Campbell Scientific Ltd   (France)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CORRELATION; GLACIER; MODEL VALIDATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE LAYER; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 84925523819     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD020615     Document Type: Article

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