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Summary of the Lövånger International Workshop on Turbulence and Diffusion in the Stable Planetary Boundary Layer

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A workshop on the stable planetary boundary layer (PBL) was held on 21–24 October, 1997 at Lövånger, a small town about 80 km north of Umeå, Sweden. Thirty-five scientists representing eight countries participated in the meeting, which was arranged by the U.S. Army Research Office, the Swedish Defence Research Establishment, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Air Resources Laboratory, and the Meteorology Department of Uppsala University. Topics addressed included the very stable boundary layer, gravity wave/turbulence interactions, modeling the stable boundary layer, future observations and new measurement techniques, the role of condensation (fog) and radiative flux divergence, and atmospheric diffusion. Invited papers appear in this special issue. Workshop discussions, informal presentations, and specific recommendations are summarized. Workshop participants and organizers are presented in Appendix A.

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Nappo, C.J., Johansson, PE. Summary of the Lövånger International Workshop on Turbulence and Diffusion in the Stable Planetary Boundary Layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 90, 345–374 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026458421572

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