Modeling seasonal changes in the temperature lapse rate in a Northern Thailand mountainous area

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1233-1246

  Komatsu, Hikaru ^a   Hashimoto, Hirofumi ^b,c   Kume, Tomonori ^d   Tanaka, Nobuaki ^e   Yoshifuji, Natsuko ^a   Otsuki, Kyoichi ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^e   Kumagai, Tomo'omi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mountain meteorology; Seasonal cycle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; DRAINAGE FLOWS; LAPSE RATE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MOUNTAIN FORESTS; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NET RADIATION; NORTHERN THAILAND; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL CYCLE; TARGET REGIONS; TEMPERATURE DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BASE STATIONS; EXTRAPOLATION; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; BOUNDARY LAYER; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; TEMPERATURE;

THAILAND;

EID: 77955519525     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2297.1     Document Type: Article

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