Comparisons between mesoscale model terrain sensitivity studies and Doppler lidar measurements of the sea breeze at Monterey Bay

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2813-2838

  Darby, Lisa S ^a   Banta, Robert M ^a   Pielke, Roger A Sr ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OPTICAL RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEM (RAMS);

WIND EFFECTS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOPPLER LIDAR; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA BREEZE;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036965758     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<2813:CBMMTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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