Seasonal and synoptic variations in near-surface air temperature lapse rates in a mountainous basin

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 249-261

  Blandford, Troy R ^a   Humes, Karen S ^a   Harshburger, Brian J ^a   Moore, Brandon C ^a   Walden, Von P ^a   Ye, Hengchun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LAPSE RATES; MOUNTAINOUS BASIN; NEAR-SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC WEATHER;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449127702     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1565.1     Document Type: Article

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