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Comments on “A Physical Interpretation of von Kármán’s Constant Based on Asymptotic Considerations—A New Value”

Edgar L. Andreas U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire

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01 Apr 2000
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1189:COAPIO>2.0.CO;2
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1189–1192
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Corresponding author address: Dr. Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755-1290.

Corresponding author address: Dr. Edgar L Andreas, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755-1290.

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