Turbulence vertical structure of the boundary layer during the afternoon transition

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 10071-10086

  Darbieu, C ^a   Lohou, F ^a   Lothon, M ^a   Vila Guerau De Arellano J ^b   Couvreux, F ^c   Durand, P ^a   Pino, D ^d   Patton, E G ^e   Nilsson, E ^a,f   Blay Carreras, E ^d   Gioli, B ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; KINETIC ENERGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84941308573     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10071-2015     Document Type: Article

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