Effect of dewfall and frostfall on nighttime cooling in a small, closed basin

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-13

  Whiteman, C David ^a   De Wekker, Stephan F J ^b,c   Haiden, Thomas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX;

FROST FORMATION; NIGHTTIME HEAT BUDGET; TETHERED BALLOON SOUNDINGS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD DROPLET; COOLING; DEW; DEW POINT; ENERGY BUDGET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOG; FROST; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MIXING RATIO; MOISTURE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER VAPOR;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRUENLOCH BASIN;

EID: 33846882860     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2453.1     Document Type: Article

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