Common microfronts and other solitary events in the nocturnal boundary layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 652, 2010, Pages 1712-1722

  Mahrt, L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

FLOSS; Mesoscale; Solitary waves; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; COLD AIR; EXTERNAL ENERGY; FLOSS; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; MESOSCALE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; PARENT STRUCTURE; SAMPLING WINDOWS; SOLITARY WAVE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TIME-SCALES; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; WARM AIR; WIND VECTORS;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; SOLITONS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; GUST; KINETIC ENERGY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; SOLITARY WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIMESCALE; TURBULENCE; WARM FRONT; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77958548224     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.694     Document Type: Article

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