A climatology of nocturnal low-level jets at Cabauw

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1627-1642

  Baas, Peter ^a   Bosveld, F C ^a   Baltink, H Klein ^a   Holtslag, A A M ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND LEVEL; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLASSIFICATION PARAMETERS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; LOW LEVEL JET; NETHERLANDS; RADIATIVE COOLING; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; STABLE STRATIFICATION; WIND PROFILER; WIND SPEED PROFILES; WIND VECTORS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; JETS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

BENELUX; CABAUW; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349620706     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC1965.1     Document Type: Article

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