Evening temperature rises on valley floors and slopes: Their causes and their relationship to the thermally driven wind system

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 776-788

  Whiteman, C David ^a   Hoch, Sebastian W ^a   Poulos, Gregory S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Clipper Windpower Development Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND WINDS; CALIFORNIA; DATALOGGER; DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS; DOWNSLOPE; EARTH'S SURFACE; METEOROLOGICAL TOWER; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; NIGHT-TIME COOLING; RADIATIVE LOSS; SHEAR INSTABILITY; SHORT PERIODS; SURFACE-BASED; TEMPERATURE RISE; TEMPORAL PATTERN; THERMALLY DRIVEN; VALLEY FLOOR; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SYSTEMS;

CLOUDS; COOLING; FLOORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SLOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VALLEY; WARMING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OWENS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67549109957     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC2028.1     Document Type: Article

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