Modeling sea fog on the U.S. California coast during a hot spell event

Geofizika

Volumn 22, Issue , 2005, Pages 59-82

  Koračin, Darko ^a   Leipper, Dale F ^a   Lewis, John M ^a,b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Longwave radiation cooling; Marine atmospheric boundary layer; Numerical simulations; Offshore flows; Offshore fog; U.S. West Coast

Indexed keywords

FOG; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30944461577     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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