Multiscale local forcing of the Arabian desert daytime boundary layer, and implications for the dispersion of surface-released contaminants

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 686-707

  Warner, Thomas T ^a,b   Sheu, Rong Shyang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; DESERT; DISPERSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EGYPT;

EID: 0033933198     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-39.5.686     Document Type: Article

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