Characteristics of the near-surface boundary layer within a mountain valley during winter

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 583-597

  Helgason, Warren ^a   Pomeroy, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Complex terrain; Mountain meteorology; Snow cover; Valley mountain flows; Wind gusts

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC ROUGHNESS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; FLAT TERRAINS; LAND SURFACE; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MEAN WIND SPEED PROFILES; MOMENTUM FLUX; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; MOUNTAIN VALLEYS; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NEAR-SURFACE; PEAK ENERGY; QUADRANT ANALYSIS; RIVER VALLEY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SENSIBLE HEAT; SNOW COVERS; SNOW-COVERED FORESTS; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENCE SPECTRUM; TURBULENT ENERGIES; VALLEY/MOUNTAIN FLOWS; WIND GUST;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LANDFORMS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; GUST; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOUNTAIN REGION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SNOW COVER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VALLEY; WATER VAPOR; WINTER;

BOUNDARIES; CANADA; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESTIMATION; METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

ALBERTA; CANADA; KANANASKIS VALLEY; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84861659516     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-058.1     Document Type: Article

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