Monthly mean afternoon mixing-layer depths "tuned" to the eco-climatic regions of the Canadian Prairie provinces

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 147-158

  Raddatz, R L ^a   Noonan, M ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

air pollution; convective boundary layer; low level moisture

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MOISTURE; POLLUTION;

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; CANADIAN PRAIRIE; CLIMATIC REGIONS; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIAGNOSTIC MODEL; NUMERICAL WEATHER MODEL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY;

MIXING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; HUMIDITY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRAIRIE; RADIOSONDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA;

EID: 9644302451     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENMO.0000049391.27372.99     Document Type: Article

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