Diurnal course analysis of the WRF-simulated and observation-based planetary boundary layer height

Breuer, H.; Ács, F.; Horváth, Á.; Németh, P.; Rajkai, K.

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Diurnal course analysis of the WRF-simulated and observation-based planetary boundary layer height

H. Breuer, F. Ács, Á. Horváth, P. Németh, and K. Rajkai

H. Breuer

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-095X

Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Meteorology, 1117, Pázmány P. s. 1/a, Budapest, Hungary

F. Ács

Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Meteorology, 1117, Pázmány P. s. 1/a, Budapest, Hungary

Á. Horváth

Hungarian Meteorological Service, 8600 Vitorlás utca 17, Siófok, Hungary

P. Németh

Hungarian Meteorological Service, Marcell György Observatory, P.O. Box 39, 1675 Budapest, Hungary

K. Rajkai

Institute for Soil Sciences and Agricultural Chemistry, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1022 Herman Ottó 15, Budapest, Hungary

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