Convective boundary layer above a subtropical island observed by C-band radar and interpretation using a cloud resolving model

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-312

  Minda, Haruya ^a   Furuzawa, Fumie A ^a   Satoh, Shinsuke ^b   Nakamura, Kenji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLEAR SKY; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; OROGRAPHY; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RADAR IMAGERY; RADIOSONDE; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WATER VAPOR;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 77954941428     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-303     Document Type: Article

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