Orographic influences on subtropical stratocumulus

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2585-2601

  Richter, Ingo ^a   Mechoso, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

COLD AIR ADVECTION; LOWER TROPOSPHERIC STABILITY; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; SOUTH AMERICAN OROGRAPHY; SUBTROPICAL STRATOCUMULUS;

CLOUDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY LAYER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; STRATOCUMULUS; WESTERLY;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750612269     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3756.1     Document Type: Article

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