Diurnal cycle of surface flows during 2004 NAME and comparison to model reanalysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3890-3913

  Ciesielski, Paul E ^a   Johnson, Richard H ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; WIND;

DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLING; DOWNSLOPE FLOWS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HIGH ELEVATIONS; LAND BREEZES; MODEL DATA; NORTH AMERICAN MONSOON EXPERIMENT; QUICK SCATTEROMETER; QUIKSCAT; RE-ANALYSIS; SEA-BREEZE CIRCULATIONS; SURFACE FIELDS; SURFACE FLOWS; SURFACE PRODUCTS; SURFACE SITES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; LAND BREEZE; MODELING; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA BREEZE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 53649096079     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2206.1     Document Type: Article

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