Flow during the evening transition over steep Alpine slopes

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 672, 2013, Pages 607-624

  Nadeau, Daniel F ^a,b   Pardyjak, Eric R ^c   Higgins, Chad W ^a,d   Huwald, Hendrik ^a   Parlange, Marc B ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c University of Utah   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decay of turbulence; Directional planar fit; Eddy covariance; Katabatic winds; Topographic shading; Turbulent kinetic energy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUDGET CONTROL; KINETICS; SEA LEVEL; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURBULENCE;

DIRECTIONAL PLANAR FIT; EDDY COVARIANCE; KATABATIC WINDS; TOPOGRAPHIC SHADINGS; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

KINETIC ENERGY;

CLEAR SKY; EDDY COVARIANCE; KATABATIC FLOW; KINETIC ENERGY; SHADING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; WIND VELOCITY;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84890842541     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1985     Document Type: Article

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