Mesoscale temperature patterns in the Rocky Mountains and foothills region of southern Alberta

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-205

  Cullen, Rachel M ^a   Marshall, Shawn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chinook; Lapse rates; Mesoscale network; Mountain meteorology; Temperature interpolation

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84055217657     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2011.592130     Document Type: Article

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