Meteorological observations on the northern Chilean coast during VOCALS-REx

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3409-3422

  Rutllant, J A ^a,b   Munoz R C ^a   Garreaud, R D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c University of Concepción   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; COOLING; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEATING; LAND BREEZE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; SEA BREEZE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STRATOCUMULUS; ZONAL WIND;

ANDES; CHILE; IQUIQUE; TARAPACA;

EID: 84875705552     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-3409-2013     Document Type: Article

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