Gryning, Sven-Erik

Kelly, Mark C.

Pedersen, Jesper Grønnegaard

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The influence of capping inversion strength and surface heat flux on the wind profile in large eddy simulations of near-neutral atmospheric boundary layers

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The influence of capping inversion strength and surface heat flux on the wind profile in large eddy simulations of near-neutral atmospheric boundary layers

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