A case study of the development of nocturnal slope flows in a wide open valley and associated air quality implications

This paper documents the development of nocturnal flows in the wide open Phoenix, Arizona (U.S.A) valley (30 km × 100 km) that is bordered by a large nearly flat plain to the west and high mountains to the north and east. Local thermally driven winds concomitant with the absence of significant synop...

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Main Authors: Eric R. Pardyjak, Harindra Fernando, Julian C.R. Grachev Joseph S. Hunt, James Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2009-03-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2009/362