Minimum temperatures, diurnal temperature ranges, and temperature inversions in limestone sinkholes of different sizes and shapes

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1224-1236

  Whiteman, C D ^a   Haiden, T ^b   Posphical, B ^c   Eisenbach, S ^c   Steinacker, R ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COOLING; DRAINAGE; GEOMETRY; LIMESTONE; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SINKHOLE GEOMETRY; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOMETRY; LIMESTONE; RADIATION BALANCE; SINKHOLE;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 4444318323     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<1224:MTDTRA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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