Surface-based temperature inversions in Alaska from a climate perspective

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 353-366

  Bourne, S M ^a   Bhatt, U S ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Thoman, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska climate; Multi decadal variability; Surface based temperature inversion

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIABILITY; HIGH QUALITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INVERSION CLIMATOLOGY; INVERSION PARAMETERS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RADIOSONDE DATAS; SURFACE-BASED; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; RADIOSONDES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA INVERSION; DECADAL VARIATION; RADIOSONDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 73949137195     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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