Articles | Volume 7, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2599-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-2599-2014
Development and technical paper
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10 Nov 2014
Development and technical paper |  | 10 Nov 2014

On the computation of planetary boundary-layer height using the bulk Richardson number method

Y. Zhang, Z. Gao, D. Li, Y. Li, N. Zhang, X. Zhao, and J. Chen

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