Dry and moist convection in the boundary layer over the Black Forest - A combined analysis of in situ and remote sensing data

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 445-461

  Kalthoff, Norbert ^a   Träumner, Katja ^a   Adler, Bianca ^a   Späth, Stephan ^a   Behrendt, Andreas ^b   Wieser, Andreas ^a   Handwerker, Jan ^a   Madonna, Fabio ^c   Wulfmeyer, Volker ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active clouds; Complex terrain; Convective boundary layer; Convective cells; Latent heat flux

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CYTOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; LATENT HEAT; REMOTE SENSING; TURBULENCE;

COMPLEX TERRAINS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; CONVECTIVE CELL; DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION LIDARS; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEM; SYNERGETIC MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TURBULENT CHARACTERISTICS;

OPTICAL RADAR;

CLOUD COVER; COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MOISTURE FLUX; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; BLACK FOREST; GERMANY;

EID: 84876774232     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2013/0417     Document Type: Article

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