Hydraulic interpretation of the footprints of Sierra Nevada windstorms tracked with an automobile measurement system

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2581-2599

  Raab, Thomas ^a   Mayr, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; STORMS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIR MASSES; CALIFORNIA; CASE STUDIES; COLD FRONTS; CONCEPTUAL MODELS; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORMS; EASTERN SIDES; FORCINGS; INSTRUMENTED CARS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; RADIO SOUNDINGS; SIERRA NEVADA; SUBCRITICAL STATES; SUPERCRITICAL REGIONS; WIND COMPONENTS; WIND SYSTEMS;

LANDFORMS;

AIRFLOW; FOEHN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WIND FORCING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749207700     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1675.1     Document Type: Article

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