Implications of small-scale flow features to modeling dispersion over complex terrain

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 330-342

  Banta, R M ^a   Olivier, L D ^a   Gudiksen, P H ^b   Lange, R ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODEL; DIAGNOSTIC WIND FLOW ALGORITH; DOPPLER LIDAR; KATABATIC FLOW; NOCTURNAL EXIT JET; TOPOGRAPHIC FORCING;

USA, COLORADO, ELDORADO CANYON;

DISPERSION MODELLING; EXIT; JETS; MOUNTAINS; ROCKY;

EID: 0029656586     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0330:IOSSFF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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