Horizontal variability of 2-m temperature at night during CASES-97

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2431-2449

  LeMone, Margaret A ^a   Ikeda, Kyoko ^a   Grossman, Robert L ^b   Rotach, Mathias W ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Colorado Research Associates ^*  (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; RIVERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS; WIND;

RADIOSONDE; SURFACE STATIONS;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0942280548     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2431:HVOMTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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