Downslope flows on a low-angle slope and their interactions with valley inversions. Part II: Numerical modeling

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2039-2057

  Zhong, Shiyuan ^a   Whiteman, C David ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; JETS; LANDFORMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WIND; WIND EFFECTS;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERES; AMBIENT STABILITIES; BUOYANCY FORCES; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE FLOWS; FLOW LAYERS; GENTLE SLOPES; INTERMITTENCY; LOCAL TEMPERATURES; MASS FLUXES; MOMENTUM BUDGETS; NOCTURNAL COOLING; NUMERICAL MODELING; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCES; REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING SYSTEMS; SALT LAKE VALLEYS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE SURFACES; STEEPER SLOPES; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURES; TETHERED BALLOONS; TETHERSONDES; VALLEY WINDS; WIND SPEEDS;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BUOYANCY FORCING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SLOPE ANGLE; WIND VELOCITY;

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

EID: 57649158456     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1670.1     Document Type: Article

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