Observational and numerical evidence of depressed convective boundary layer heights near a mountain base

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1017-1026

  De Wekker, Stephan F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT TRANSPORTS; AND MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER GROWTHS; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTIONS; MESOSCALE NUMERICAL MODELS; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; NUMERICAL EVIDENCES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; WARM AIRS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEIGHT; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

EID: 57649174626     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1651.1     Document Type: Article

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