Heterogeneous Nocturnal Cooling in a Large Basin Under Very Stable Conditions

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-113

  Martinez D ^a   Jimenez M A ^a   Cuxart, J ^a   Mahrt, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin flows; Mesoscale modelling; Satellite images; Stable boundary layer; Surface heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BASIN FLOWS; MESOSCALE MODELLING; SATELLITE IMAGES; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; SURFACE HETEROGENEITY;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; LANDFORMS; SATELLITES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COOLING;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MODELING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 78651106859     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9522-z     Document Type: Article

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