A study of the nocturnal flows generated in the north side of the Pyrenees

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 145-146, Issue , 2014, Pages 244-254

  Jiménez, Maria A ^a   Cuxart, Joan ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Downslope winds; Mesoscale modelling; Mountain plain winds; Nocturnal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS;

DOWNSLOPE WINDS; MESOSCALE MODELLING; MESOSCALE SIMULATION; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; THERMAL DIFFERENCES;

WIND;

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CLEAR SKY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WIND;

FRANCE; GARONNE RIVER; MASSIF CENTRAL; PYRENEES;

EID: 84899997398     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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