Formation, evolution, and dissipation of coastal sea fog

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-478

  Koračin, Darko ^a   Businger, Joost A ^b   Dorman, Clive E ^c   Lewis, John M ^a,d  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lagrangian framework; Mesoscale model 5 (MM5); Mesoscale simulations; Offshore fog; Radiative cooling; U.S. West Coast

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

LAGRANGIAN FRAMEWORK; MESOSCALE SIMULATIONS; OFFSHORE FOG; RADIATIVE COOLING;

FOG;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOG; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL WATER; COOLING; FOG; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30944453498     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-2772-5     Document Type: Article

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