A numerical study of inversion-layer breakup and the effects of topographic shading in idealized valleys

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1255-1272

  Colette, Augustin ^a   Chow, Fotini Katopodes ^a   Street, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

INVERSION-LAYERS;

METEOROLOGY;

FLOW OVER SURFACE; INVERSION LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHADING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0142072507     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1255:ANSOIB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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