Determining temperature lapse rates over mountain slopes using vertically weighted regression: A case study from the Pyrenees

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-63

  Pagès, Meritxell ^a   Miró, Josep Ramon ^a  

^a Applied Research and Modelling Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basin; Cold air pool; Complex terrain; Interpolation; Mountain valley; Multilinear regression; NWP; Temperature downscaling; Temperature inversion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; INTERPOLATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

BASIN; COLD AIR POOLS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; DOWN-SCALING; MOUNTAIN VALLEYS; MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; BASIN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DOWNSCALING; INTERPOLATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN REGION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER STATION;

ARAN VALLEY; CATALONIA; CERDANYA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LERIDA [CATALONIA]; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 77149165127     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.160     Document Type: Article

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