Physical mechanism for the Tallahassee, Florida, minimum temperature anomaly

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-113

  Kara, A Birol ^a   Elsner, James B ^a   Ruscher, Paul H ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; INVERSION LAYER; MINIMUM TEMPERATURE;

USA, FLORDA, TALLAHASSEE;

EID: 0031835394     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0101:PMFTTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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