Boundary layer sources for the asian anticyclone: Regional contributions to a vertical conduit

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2560-2575

  Bergman, John W ^a,b   Fierli, Federico ^c   Jensen, Eric J ^d   Honomichl, Shawn ^b   Pan, Laura L ^b  

^a BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; NASA; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA SET; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TRAJECTORY; TROPOSPHERE; UPDRAFT; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND FIELD;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84882247100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50142     Document Type: Article

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