Significant inversions and rapid in situ cooling at a well-sited Oklahoma mesonet station

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 353-367

  Hunt, Eric D ^a   Basara, Jefffrey B ^a   Morgan, Cynthia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WIND;

IN SITU COOLING; MICROMETEOROLOGICAL PROCESSES; PORTABLE AUTOMATED RESEARCH MICROMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS (PARMS); RAPID COOLING; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; MICROMETEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247599836     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2467.1     Document Type: Article

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