The August 2007 heat wave in North Carolina: Meteorological factors and local variability

Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-240

  Fuhrmann, Christopher ^a   Konrad, Charles ^a   Kovach, Margaret ^a   Perkins, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

air mass; back trajectories; drought; heat wave; North Carolina; thermal trough; vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SOIL MOISTURE; VERTICAL MIXING; WARMING;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NEBRASKA; NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960732776     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.32.3.217     Document Type: Article

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