An observational and numerical study of a regional-scale downslope flow in Northern Arizona

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Savage III, L Crosby ^a   Zhong, Shiyuan ^a   Yao, Wenqing ^a   Brown, William J O ^b   Horst, Thomas W ^b   Whiteman, C David ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RADAR STATIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS;

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER; DATA ANALYSIS; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; FIELD STUDIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; LAND COVER; LOCAL EQUILIBRIUM; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MESOSCALE; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NORTHERN ARIZONA; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL STUDIES; RADAR WIND PROFILERS; SLOPE FLOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS LENGTH; SURFACE STATION; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; SYNOPTIC WINDS; TRANSITION PERIOD; WIND SPEED;

WIND POWER;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SODAR; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND FIELD; WIND PROFILE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049143640     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009623     Document Type: Article

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