Nocturnal boundary layer characteristics and land breeze development in Houston, Texas during TexAQS II

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 4014-4023

  Day, Bridget M ^a   Rappenglück, Bernhard ^a   Clements, Craig B ^a,d   Tucker, Sara C ^b,c   Alan Brewer, W ^c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inversion height; Land breeze; Tethersonde; TexAQS II; Urban nocturnal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

INVERSION HEIGHT; LAND BREEZES; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; TETHERSONDE; TEXAQS II;

AIR QUALITY; LANDFORMS; LAUNCHING; OPTICAL RADAR; OZONE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

OZONE;

ADIABATIC PROCESS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; LAND BREEZE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; OZONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADIABATICITY; ADVECTION; AIR QUALITY; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; HUMIDITY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SOLAR CYCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WIND;

HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84755161270     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.01.031     Document Type: Article

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