Forcing mechanisms for Washoe Zephyr - A daytime downslope wind system in the lee of the Sierra Nevada

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 339-350

  Zhong, Shiyuan ^a   Li, Ju ^b   Clements, Craig B ^c   de Wekker, Stephan F J ^d   Bian, Xindi ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Urban Meteorology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIOSONDES;

ASYMMETRIC HEATING; REGIONAL-SCALE PRESSURE GRADIENT; WASHOE ZEPHYR; WESTERLY SYNOPTIC-SCALE WINDS;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FORMATION MECHANISM; LEE WAVE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SURFACE WIND; WESTERLY;

ANDALUCIA; BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40449130190     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1576.1     Document Type: Article

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