Comparison of Two Closely Located Meteorological Measurement Sites and Consequences for Their Areal Representativity

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 469-493

  Horlacher, V ^a   Osborne, S ^a   Price, J D ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gradient Richardson number; Local heterogeneity; Model comparison; Positive and negative curvature; Seasonal observations; Stable stratification

Indexed keywords

LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; MODEL COMPARISON; NEGATIVE CURVATURE; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEASONAL OBSERVATIONS; STABLE STRATIFICATION;

METEOROLOGY;

LANDFORMS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT BUDGET; HETEROGENEITY; OROGRAPHY; PLATEAU; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION BUDGET; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

EID: 84856367593     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-011-9684-3     Document Type: Article

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