Nocturnal cold-air intrusions into a closed basin: Observational evidence and conceptual model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1894-1905

  Whiteman, C David ^a   Hoch, Sebastian W ^a   Lehner, Manuela ^a   Haiden, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR INTRUSION; ARIZONA; COLD AIR; COLORADO PLATEAU; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DRAINAGE FLOWS; LAPSE RATE; LOW LEVEL; METEOR CRATERS; SHALLOW LAYERS; SURFACE-BASED INVERSION;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DRAINAGE; METEOR IMPACTS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COLD AIR; CRATER; ISOTHERM; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND FIELD;

ARIZONA; METEOR CRATER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957567536     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2470.1     Document Type: Article

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