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Lectures on the Planetary Boundary Layer

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Book cover Mesoscale Meteorology — Theories, Observations and Models

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 114))

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There have been a few such workshops and short courses on aspects of boundary-layer meteorology over the past decade, so that a lecturer today must consider carefully where to start. I have decided to try to bring a contemporary view to my lectures, which means I will not be able to cover some older and now well-understood topics.

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Wyngaard, J.C. (1983). Lectures on the Planetary Boundary Layer. In: Lilly, D.K., Gal-Chen, T. (eds) Mesoscale Meteorology — Theories, Observations and Models. NATO ASI Series, vol 114. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2241-4_33

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