Comparison of vertical soundings and sidewall air temperature measurements in a small alpine basin

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1635-1647

  Whiteman, C David ^a   Eisenbach, Stefan ^b   Pospichal, Bernhard ^b   Steinacker, Reinhold ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANNING; RESEARCH; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURES; SINKHOLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; VERTICAL SOUNDINGS;

LIMESTONE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BASIN; BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AIR POLLUTION; LAND USE; LIME STONE; PLANNING; RESEARCH; SOUNDING; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 4444275216     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2168.1     Document Type: Article

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