Climatology of high wind events in the Owens Valley, California

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3536-3552

  Zhong, Shiyuan ^a   Li, Ju ^b   Whiteman, C David ^c   Bian, Xindi ^d   Yao, Wenqing ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Urban Meteorology   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; MECHANISMS; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; WIND;

BLOW-UP; CALIFORNIA; COLD AIR; COLD FRONTS; DATA SETS; DOWNSLOPE; NORTH AMERICAN REGIONAL REANALYSIS; PEAK FREQUENCIES; POTENTIAL MECHANISMS; SIERRA NEVADA; STRONG WINDS; SURFACE FRONT; SYNOPTIC WINDS; UP-VALLEY WINDS; WARMER AIR; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND EVENTS; WIND SPEEDS; WINDS ALOFT;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATOLOGY; COLD AIR; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; TRADE WIND; WESTERLY; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53649086815     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2348.1     Document Type: Article

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