High resolution modelling of valley cold pools

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 193-199

  Vosper, Simon ^a   Carter, Emilie ^a   Lean, Humphrey ^a   Lock, Adrian ^a   Clark, Peter ^b   Webster, Stuart ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Drainage flow; Stable boundary layer; Unified Model; Vertical resolution

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DRAINAGE; FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING;

EID: 84880402147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.439     Document Type: Article

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