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Simple formulation of turbulent mixing in the stable free atmosphere and nocturnal boundary layer Cover

Simple formulation of turbulent mixing in the stable free atmosphere and nocturnal boundary layer

Tellus
Volume 44 (1992): Issue 5
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|Jan 1992
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v44i5.14969 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 381 - 394
Submitted on: Apr 5, 1991
Accepted on: May 15, 1992
Published on: Jan 1, 1992
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1992 Jinwon Kim, L. Mahrt, published by Stockholm University Press
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