Characteristics of vertical circulation in the convective boundary layer over the Huaihe River basin in China in the early summer of 2004

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2911-2928

  Endo, Satoshi ^a   Shinoda, Taro ^a   Tanaka, Hiroki ^a   Hiyama, Tetsuya ^a   Tsuboki, Kazuhisa ^a,b   Uyeda, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FLUXES; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; HUAIHE RIVERS; LAND SURFACES; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS; LATENT HEAT FLUXES; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PADDY FIELDS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEATS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS; VERTICAL CIRCULATIONS; WHEAT FIELDS; WIND PROFILER RADARS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUOYANCY; CATCHMENTS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MOISTURE; WATERSHEDS;

HEAT FLUX;

CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; LAND SURFACE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND PROFILE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUAI RIVER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 65349098847     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1769.1     Document Type: Article

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