The role of atmospheric boundary layer-surface interactions on the development of coastal fronts

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-360

  Malda, D ^a,b   De Arellano, J Vilá Guerau ^a   Van Den Berg, W D ^b   Zuurendonk, I W ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Meteo Consult   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; CONVERGENCE; FRONTOGENESIS; LAND SURFACE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC FRONT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND FORCING;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA COAST [NETHERLANDS]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947113415     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-25-341-2007     Document Type: Article

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