Atmospheric boundary layer structures associated with the Ora del Garda wind in the Alps as revealed from airborne and surface measurements

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 132-133, Issue , 2013, Pages 473-489

  Laiti, Lavinia ^a,b   Zardi, Dino ^a,b   de Franceschi, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Rampanelli, Gabriele ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b National Consortium of Universities for Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Physics (CINFAI)   (Italy)

^c Piazza Seminario ^*  (Italy)

^d Depuration Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne measurements; Atmospheric boundary layer; Complex terrain; Lake breeze; Residual Kriging; Valley wind

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE MEASUREMENTS; COMPLEX TERRAINS; COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION GRIDS; KRIGING; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; VALLEY WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; INTERPOLATION; LAKES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

AIRBORNE SENSING; AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; KRIGING; LAND BREEZE; SATELLITE DATA; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ADIGE VALLEY; ALPS; ITALY; LAKE GARDA;

ORA;

EID: 84884392968     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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