Articles | Volume 14, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6717-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-6717-2014
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03 Jul 2014
Research article |  | 03 Jul 2014

Comparison of GEOS-5 AGCM planetary boundary layer depths computed with various definitions

E. L. McGrath-Spangler and A. Molod

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