Composite hodographs and inertial oscillations in the nocturnal boundary layer

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 663, 2012, Pages 528-535

  Baas, P ^a   Van de Wiel, B J H ^b   Van den Brink, L ^c   Holtslag, A A M ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Composite observations; Low level jets; Near surface wind; Single column modelling; Stable boundary layer

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; FRICTIONAL EFFECTS; GEOSTROPHIC WINDS; HODOGRAPHS; INERTIAL OSCILLATION; LOW-LEVEL JETS; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; SINGLE-COLUMN MODEL; SINGLE-COLUMN MODELLING; SMALL AMPLITUDE; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TRANSITION PERIOD; WIND PROFILES; WIND VELOCITIES;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINEMATICS; MODELS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JET FLOW; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; VELOCITY PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84858288624     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.941     Document Type: Article

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