A finite element model of a moist atmospheric boundary layer: Part I-Model equations

M. J. Manton

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v30i3.10336

A finite element model of a moist atmospheric boundary layer: Part I-Model equations

Tellus

Volume 30 (1978): Issue 3

By: M. J. Manton

Open Access

|Jan 1978

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