Analysis of a 7-year low-level temperature inversion data set measured at the 280m high Hamburg weather mast

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 481-494

  Brummer, Burghard ^a   Schultze, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diurnal inversion cycle; Hamburg weather mast; Stable boundary layer; Surface and elevated inversions; Tower measurements; Turbulent heat and momentum fluxes

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA INVERSION; HEAT FLUX; HUMIDITY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY];

EID: 84946706488     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/metz/2015/0669     Document Type: Review

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