Climatology of the low-level jet at the southern Great Plains Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiments site

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1593-1606

  Song, Jie ^a,b   Liao, Ke ^c   Coulter, Richard L ^b   Lesht, Barry M ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION PATTERNS; LOW-LEVEL JET; MINISODARS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; JET; LOW FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 28144446031     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2294.1     Document Type: Article

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