Comments on “The Effects of Mesoscale Surface Heterogeneity on the Fair-Weather Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer”

Christopher P. Weaver Global Change Research Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C

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Corresponding author address: Christopher P. Weaver, Global Change Research Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 8601-P, Washington, DC 20460. Email: weaver.chris@epa.gov

Corresponding author address: Christopher P. Weaver, Global Change Research Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 8601-P, Washington, DC 20460. Email: weaver.chris@epa.gov

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