An idealized modeling study of nocturnal cooling processes inside a small enclosed basin

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Kiefer, M T ^a   Zhong, S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOORS; LANDFORMS; METEOR IMPACTS;

ADVANCED REGIONAL PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ARIZONA; COLD AIR; FIELD CAMPAIGN; METEOR CRATERS; MODELING STUDIES; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; NOCTURNAL COOLING; SALIENT FEATURES; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THREE-LAYER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION; UPSTREAM TERRAIN; VOLUME YIELD; WEAK INVERSIONS;

CATCHMENTS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COLD AIR; COOLING; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; ISOTHERM; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEAFLOOR; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TERRAIN; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ARIZONA; METEOR CRATER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80555127287     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016119     Document Type: Article

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