Diurnal variation of downslope winds in owens valley during the Sierra Rotor experiment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3760-3780

  Jiang, Qingfang ^a   Doyle, James D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; WIND;

CALIFORNIA; DIURNAL CYCLES; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; DOWNSLOPE; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN WAVES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; SALIENT FEATURES; SURFACE HEATING; UPSTREAM FLOWS; VALLEY FLOWS; VALLEY WINDS; WIND EVENTS;

LANDFORMS;

DIURNAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149134413     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2469.1     Document Type: Article

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