Lake-breeze fronts in the Salt Lake valley

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 196-211

  Zumpfe, Daniel E ^a,b   Horel, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b National Weather Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAKES; MIXING; SPEED; STATISTICS; WIND;

BREEZE; INTERANNUAL FLUCTUATION; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND SPEED;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; OROGRAPHY; SEA BREEZE; WIND VELOCITY;

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

EID: 33947518469     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2449.1     Document Type: Article

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