Katabatic flow mechanisms on a low-angle slope

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-126

  Haiden, Thomas ^a   Whiteman, C David ^b  

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DATA ACQUISITION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

CROSS-SLOPE HOMOGENEITY; KATABATIC FLOWS; OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS; SLOPING SURFACES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; HEAT BUDGET; KATABATIC FLOW; MOMENTUM;

NORTH AMERICA; OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644420257     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM-2182.1     Document Type: Article

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