Thermodynamic and Turbulence Characteristics of the Southern Great Plains Nocturnal Boundary Layer Under Differing Turbulent Regimes

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 401-420

  Bonin, Timothy A ^a   Blumberg, William G ^a   Klein, Petra M ^a   Chilson, Phillip B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Low level jet; Nocturnal boundary layer; Stable boundary layer; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; WIND;

DOPPLER LIDARS; LOW LEVEL JET; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DOPPLER LIDAR; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT PLAINS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945472390     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: 15731472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-015-0072-2     Document Type: Article

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