Surface-to-atmosphere exchange in a river valley environment

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1169-1181

  Acevedo, Otávio C ^a   Moraes, Osvaldo L L ^a   da Silva, Rodrigo ^a   Anabor, Vagner ^a   Bittencourt, Daniel P ^a   Zimmermann, Hans R ^a   Magnago, Roberto O ^a   Degrazia, Gervásio A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FOG; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EDDY CORRELATION; FOG DISSIPATION; SURFACE-TO-ATMOSPHERIC EXCHANGE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR MASS; EDDY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOUNTAIN REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VALLEY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548626263     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2517.1     Document Type: Article

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