Coevolution of down-valley flow and the nocturnal boundary layer in complex terrain

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1429-1449

  Pinto, James O ^a   Parsons, D B ^a   Brown, W O J ^a   Cohn, S ^a   Chamberlain, N ^a   Morley, B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GRAVITY WAVES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

CLOUD COVER; DOWN-VALLEY JET; INTEGRATED SOUNDING SYSTEM; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ WAVES; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; TRAVERSE RANGE; VERTICAL TRANSPORT AND MIXING;

AERODYNAMICS;

AIRFLOW; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; VALLEY;

GREAT SALT LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 33751248723     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2412.1     Document Type: Article

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