Determination of the features of the low-level temperature inversions above a suburban site in Oman using radiosonde temperature measurements: Long-term analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a   Al Saifi, Sultan Y ^b   Alrumhi, Badar A ^b   Abdulraheem, Mahmood Y ^c   Al Uraimi, Mohammed ^d  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Civil Aviation and Meteorology   (Oman)

^c Regional Office for West Asia   (Bahrain)

^d Ministry of Regional Municipalities Environment and Water Resources Oman   (Oman)

Author keywords

Greenhouse effects; Low level thermal inversion; Oman; Seeb International Airport

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 11844280861     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004543     Document Type: Article

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