A mass flux model of nocturnal cold-air intrusions into a closed basin

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 933-943

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

^a ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold air surges; Mass fluxes transport

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; COLD AIR; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; COOLING PROCESS; CRATER DEPTH; ENHANCED COOLING; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FINITE TIME; INTRUSION PROCESS; MASS FLUX MODEL; METEOR CRATERS; NEAR-SURFACE; NIGHT-TIME COOLING; STABLE LAYER; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

COOLING; METEOR IMPACTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COLD AIR; COOLING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MASS TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARIZONA; METEOR CRATER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959595710     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAMC2540.1     Document Type: Article

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