Representing atmospheric moisture content along mountain slopes: Examination using distributed sensors in the Sierra Nevada, California

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4424-4441

  Feld, Shara I ^a   Cristea, Nicoleta C ^a   Lundquist, Jessica D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

atmospheric water vapor; dew point temperature; mountain meteorology; relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PRISMS; RADIOSONDES; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; MOUNTAIN METEOROLOGIES; MOUNTAINOUS ENVIRONMENT; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; DEW POINT; FORECASTING METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOSONDE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SLOPE; WATER VAPOR;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880870764     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20318     Document Type: Article

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