Variability of surface air temperature over gently sloped terrain

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1117-1141

  Bodine, David ^a   Klein, Petra M ^a   Arms, Sean C ^a   Shapiro, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD POOL; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORMATION PROCESS; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; KATABATIC FLOW; KATABATIC JETS; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE; OKLAHOMA; POOL FORMATION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SLOPED TERRAINS; SONIC ANEMOMETER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE STATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COLD POOL; HEAT BUDGET; JET STREAM; KATABATIC FLOW; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TURBULENT MIXING;

EID: 67651241779     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC1933.1     Document Type: Article

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