Importance of using observations of mixing depths in order to avoid large prediction errors by a transport and dispersion model

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-32

  White, John M ^a,d   Bowers, J F ^a   Hanna, S R ^b   Lundquist, J K ^c  

^a Dugway Proving Ground   (United States)

^b HANNA CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d TEDT DPW ME MS 6 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTS; DISPERSION MODELS; FIELD EXPERIMENTS; MESO-SCALE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; NEAR SURFACES; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PARAMETERIZED; PREDICTION ERRORS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUXES; SIMILARITY THEORIES; TIME PERIODS; TRACER CONCENTRATIONS; TYPICAL DAYS;

AERODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; HEAT FLUX; MIXING; RADIOSONDES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ERROR CORRECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PREDICTION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORM; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 65549125077     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1134.1     Document Type: Article

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