A preliminary investigation of boundary layer effects on daytime atmospheric CO2 concentrations at a mountaintop location in the Rocky Mountains

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 904-922

  Wekker, Stephan F J ^a   Ameen, Alex ^a   Song, Guan ^a   Stephens, Britton B ^b   Hallar, Anna G ^c   McCubbin, Ian B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric boundary layer; CO2 concentration; Complex terrain; Mesoscale circulations; Mountaintop observatory

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CO2 CONCENTRATION; COMPLEX TERRAIN; MESOSCALE CIRCULATIONS; MOUNTAINTOP OBSERVATORY;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; BUILDINGS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OBSERVATORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE MOTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SUMMER; TERRAIN; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70349619906     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-009-0033-6     Document Type: Article

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