The influence of downstream diurnal heating on the descent of flow across the Sierras

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1906-1912

  Mayr, Georg J ^a   Armi, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRCRAFT FLIGHT; CALIFORNIA; FLOWTHROUGH; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SIERRA NEVADA; STRATIFIED FLOWS; UPSTREAM CONDITIONS; VALLEY FLOOR; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WEATHER STATIONS;

FLOORS; HEATING; SOLAR HEATING;

LANDFORMS;

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRBORNE SURVEY; AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FOEHN; HEATING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STRATIFIED FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

CALIFORNIA; OWENS VALLEY; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957748265     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2516.1     Document Type: Article

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