Climatology of the planetary boundary layer over the continental United States and Europe

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Seidel, Dian J ^a   Zhang, Yehui ^b   Beljaars, Anton ^c   Golaz, Jean Christophe ^a   Jacobson, Andrew R ^d   Medeiros, Brian ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; RADIOSONDES;

BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHTS; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; DATA LIMITATIONS; DATA SETS; DIURNAL CYCLE; DIURNAL VARIATION; LOCAL SAMPLING; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RADIOSONDE DATAS; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; RESOLUTION; RICHARDSON NUMBER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866329655     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018143     Document Type: Article

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