Fog simulation using a mesoscale model in and around the Yodo River Basin, Japan

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 838-845

  HIKARI, Shimadera ^a   KUNDAN, Lal Shrestha ^a   AKIRA, Kondo ^a   AKIKAZU, Kaga ^a   YOSHIO, Inoue ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fog simulation; liquid water content; model evaluation; occurrence of fog; the Fifth Generation NCAR Penn State Mesoscale Model (MM5)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; FOG; OBSERVATORIES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHEDS;

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (CAS); ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; FOG EVENTS; LAND SURFACES; LIQUID WATER CONTENT (LWC); MESOSCALE MODEL (MM5); METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORIES; MODEL PERFORMANCE; RIVER BASINS; SAMPLING SITES; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SPECIFIC SITES; VISIBILITY MEASUREMENTS;

FIBER OPTICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FOG; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SIMULATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

ARTICLE; JAPAN; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

JAPAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WEATHER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; MOUNT ROKKO; YODO RIVER;

EID: 47149090587     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62135-X     Document Type: Article

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