Sea-breeze convergence zones from AVHRR over the Iberian Mediterranean area and the Isle of Mallorca, Spain

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2069-2085

  Azorin Molina, Cesar ^a,b   Connell, Bernadette H ^c   Baena Calatrava, Rafael ^d  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAR AIR; CLOUD DETECTION ALGORITHMS; CONVERGENCE ZONES; ENERGY USE; FLASH FLOODING; HEAVY RAINS; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; LEADING EDGE; MAKING DECISION; MALLORCA; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; POLAR-ORBITING SATELLITES; SEA-BREEZE; SEA-BREEZE FRONTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND SPEED;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; AVHRR; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; NOAA SATELLITE; SEA BREEZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

EID: 77649090050     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2141.1     Document Type: Article

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