Observations of near-surface wind and temperature structures and their variations with topography and latitude in East Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Zhou, Mingyu ^e   Zhang, Zhanhai ^e   Zhong, Shiyuan ^f   Lenschow, Donald ^c   Hsu, Hsiao Ming ^c   Sun, Bo ^e   Gao, Zhiqiu ^b   Li, Shiming ^d   Bian, Xindi ^a   Yu, Lejiang ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center   (China)

^e POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DOMES; STABILITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND;

ANTARCTICA; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIURNAL CHANGES; DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS; DIURNAL SIGNALS; DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; SURFACE WINDS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; WIND SPEED;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

DIURNAL VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; LATITUDE; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 72049096906     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011611     Document Type: Article

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