Interpolation of temperature in a mountainous region using nonlinear profiles and non-Euclidean distances

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1585-1605

  Frei, Christoph ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cold air pool; European Alps; Foehn; Gridding; Spatial interpolation; Temperature inversion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERPOLATION; LAKES; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

COLD-AIR POOL; EUROPEAN ALPS; FOEHN; GRIDDING; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD AIR; FOEHN; HOMOGENEITY; INTERPOLATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NONLINEARITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRAIN;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84897912370     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3786     Document Type: Article

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