Associations between atmospheric temperature inversions and vertical wind profiles: A preliminary assessment

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 223-228

  Milionis, A E ^a   Davies, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY;

ENGLAND; LOW LEVEL JET; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; VERTICAL WIND; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; RADIOSONDE; WIND PROFILE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 0041693762     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482702002074     Document Type: Article

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