Diurnal circulation of the Bolivian Altiplano. Part I: Observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 911-924

  Egger, Joseph ^a   Blacutt, Luis ^b   Ghezzi, Flavio ^b   Heinrich, Richard ^a   Kolb, Philip ^a   Lämmlein, Stephan ^c   Leeb, Martin ^a   Mayer, Stephanie ^a   Palenque, Eduardo ^b   Reuder, Joachim ^a   Schäper, Wolfgang ^d   Schween, Jan ^a   Torrez, Rene ^b   Zaratti, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Fachbereich Maschinenbau   (Germany)

^d AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DATA REDUCTION; MOISTURE; SOLAR HEATING;

BOLIVIAN ALTIPLANO; DIURNAL CIRCULATION; PILOT BALLOON OBSERVATIONS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION;

ALTIPLANO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20844455307     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2894.1     Document Type: Article

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