Observations of systematic boundary layer divergence patterns and their relationship to land use and topography

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1753-1764

  Shaw, W J ^a   Doran, J C ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; HEAT FLUX; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; RADIATION; VEGETATION;

DIVERGENCE FIELDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIVERGENCE; LAND USE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035870106     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1753:OOSBLD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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