Observations of the daytime boundary layer in deep Alpine valleys

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-262

  Chemel, Charles ^a   Chollet, J P ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Convective boundary layer; Deep valleys; Tethered balloon; UHF radar wind profiler

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WIND;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; RADAR WIND PROFILER; TETHERSONDE VERTICAL PROFILES; VALLEY WIND SYSTEM;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; METEOROLOGY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WIND;

BOUNDARY LAYER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND;

CHAMONIX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-SAVOIE; MAURIENNE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744492306     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-005-9026-4     Document Type: Article

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