A numerical study of the evolving convective boundary layer and orographic circulation around the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. Part I: Circulation without deep convection

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1902-1922

  Demko, J Cory ^a   Geerts, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Convective scale processes; Mountain meteorology; Orographic effects

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFTS; CUMULUS CONVECTION; DEEP CONVECTION; DOPPLER; DRAINAGE FLOWS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; IN-SITU; MIXED LAYER; MOUNTAIN METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OROGRAPHIC CONVECTION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; RETURN FLOW; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CUMULUS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ARIZONA; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CUPIDO;

EID: 77955569453     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR3098.1     Document Type: Article

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