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A brief summary is given of five main field experiments (or sets of expeditions) carried out in Australia in the last thirty years. The main objectives and results of each are described, and an indication is given of their impact on progress in our understanding of the planetary boundary layer (PBL).
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Garratt, J.R., Hicks, B.B. Micrometeorological and PBL experiments in Australia. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 50, 11–29 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120516
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