Nature of the mesoscale boundary layer height and water vapor variability observed 14 June 2002 during the IHOP_2002 campaign

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 414-432

  Couvreux, Fleur ^a   Guichard, F ^a   Austin, P H ^b   Chen, F ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITIES; BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; BOUNDARY LAYER MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HORIZONTAL ADVECTIONS; IN-SITU; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; MESO-SCALE; MESOSCALE MODELS; MESOSCALE VARIABILITIES; MOISTURE PROFILES; MOISTURE VARIABILITIES; RADIATIVE IMPACTS; ROBUST MODELING; SINGLE PROCESS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUXES; SURFACE FLUXES; SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUXES;

ADVECTION; AERODYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOISTURE CONTROL; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

WATER VAPOR;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 64149113231     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2367.1     Document Type: Article

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