Dynamics of urban boundary layer over São Paulo associated with mesoscale processes

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 87-98

  Nair, K Narayanan ^a   Freitas, E D ^a   Sanchez Ccoyllo O R ^a   Silva Dias, M A F ^a   Silva Dias, P L ^a   Andrade, M F ^a   Massambani, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; GRAVITY WAVE; JET; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SODAR; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2442476447     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-003-0617-7     Document Type: Article

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