A numerical modeling study on desert oasis self-supporting mechanisms

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 312, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 256-276

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Lu, Shihua ^b   Chen, Yuchun ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric static stability; Lift index; Oasis breeze circulation; Oasis self supporting mechanism; Wet cold island

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

ATMOSPHERIC STATIC STABILITY; LIFT INDEX; OASIS BREEZE CIRCULATION; OASIS SELF-SUPPORTING MECHANISM; WET-COLD ISLAND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OASIS;

EID: 25844474656     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.043     Document Type: Article

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