Time scale for cold-air pool breakup by turbulent erosion

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 229-233

  Zhong, Shiyuan ^a   Bian, Xindi ^b   Whiteman, Charles David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND EFFECTS;

COLD AIR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 6944224305     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2003/0012-0231     Document Type: Article

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