Downslope flows on a low-angle slope and their interactions with valley inversions. Part I: Observations

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2023-2038

  Whiteman, C David ^a   Zhong, Shiyuan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SLOPE STABILITY;

AMBIENT STABILITIES; DEEP TEMPERATURES; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE FLOWS; MAXIMUM SPEEDS; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS; SALT LAKE VALLEYS; SIDE-WALLS; SLOPE FLOWS; STEEPER SLOPES; TETHERED BALLOONS; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; VALLEY FLOWS; VOLUME FLUXES; WIND STRUCTURES;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; JET FLOW; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SLOPE ANGLE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WIND VELOCITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OQUIRRH MOUNTAINS; SALT LAKE VALLEY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 57049117899     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1669.1     Document Type: Article

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