Multidecadal simulation of coastal fog with a regional climate model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 2801-2812

  O'Brien, Travis A ^a,d   Sloan, Lisa C ^a   Chuang, Patrick Y ^a   Faloona, Ian C ^b   Johnstone, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud topped boundary layer; Coastal climate; Coastal fog; Marine stratocumulus; Planetary boundary layer; Redwood; Regional climate model; Sequoia sempervirens; Turbulence closure

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOG; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 84878110635     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1486-x     Document Type: Article

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