The influence of canyon winds on flow fields near Colorado's Front Range

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-600

  Doran, J C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANYON FLOW; DRAINAGE FLOW; KATABATIC FLOW; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODEL; NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE; WIND FIELD;

USA, COLORADO, ELDORADO CANYON; USA, COLORADO, FRONT RANGE;

CANYON; FLOW FIELDS; WINDS;

EID: 0029656587     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0587:TIOCWO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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