Maintenance of a mountain valley cold pool: A numerical study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2266-2278

  Billings, Brian J ^a   Grubišić, Vanda ^a   Borys, Randolph D ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DIFFUSION; FORECASTING; ISOTHERMS; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

COLD-AIR POOL; HORIZONTAL DIFFUSION; REGIONAL MESOSCALE MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

COLD AIR; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747754163     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3180.1     Document Type: Article

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