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In search of a simple scaling for the height of the stratified atmospheric boundary layer Cover

In search of a simple scaling for the height of the stratified atmospheric boundary layer

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|Jan 1988

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Language: English
Page range: 419 - 433
Submitted on: Feb 2, 1987
Accepted on: Feb 9, 1987
Published on: Jan 1, 1988
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1988 S. A. Kitaigorodskii, Sylvain M. Joffre, published by Stockholm University Press
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