A synoptic climatology of summertime heat and humidity in the Piedmont region of North Carolina

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 674-685

  Chen, Fan ^a   Konrad II, Charles E ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ADIABATIC WARMING; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMIDITY; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745810229     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2345.1     Document Type: Article

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