Residual kriging analysis of airborne measurements: Application to the mapping of atmospheric boundary-layer thermal structures in a mountain valley

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Laiti, Lavinia ^a,b   Zardi, Dino ^a,b   De Franceschi, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Rampanelli, Gabriele ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b National Consortium of Universities for Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Physics (CINFAI)   (Italy)

^c Major Seminary ^*  (Italy)

^d Autonomous Province of Trento   (Italy)

Author keywords

airborne measurements; atmospheric boundary layer; complex terrain; lake breeze; Ora del Garda; residual kriging; valley winds

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOUNDARY LAYER; KRIGING; MAPPING; MOUNTAIN REGION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ORA;

EID: 84876422009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.420     Document Type: Article

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