Finescale surface observations of the dryline: A mobile mesonet perspective

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1075-1088

  Pietrycha, Albert E ^a,c   Rasmussen, Erik N ^b  

^a NOAA National Weather Service Houston Galveston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WAVE EFFECTS;

DRYLINE PREDICTIONS; FINESCALE SURFACE OBSERVATIONS; INHIBITING MIXING; MOBILE MESONET LINE DATA ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEW POINT; DUST DEVIL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11344262256     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/819.1     Document Type: Article

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