Nocturnal basin low-level jets: An integrated study

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-113

  Cuxart, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duero basin; Katabatic flows; Large eddy simulation; Low level jet; Mesoscale modelling; Two layer system; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

KATABATIC FLOWS; LOW-LEVEL JETS; MESOSCALE MODELLING; NOCTURNAL STABLY STRATIFIED BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING;

JETS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; JET; KATABATIC FLOW; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FIELD;

DUERO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37849026098     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-007-0042-2     Document Type: Article

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