Abstract
An extensive body of meteorological data was collected around the Sacramento River valley of northern California during 1985–87 under a cooperative field study conducted by Army Laboratories and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. Its primary aim was to provide a dataset suitable for validating and further developing mesoscale and terrain-flow models. This study was designated Project WIND (Wind in Non-uniform Domains). Four phases (summer, winter, spring, and fall) of comprehensive meteorological data were collected over complex terrain and variable land use on scales ranging from 200 km × 200 km (mesoalpha) to 5 km × 5 km (mesogamma). Data were collected over a two-week time span and included two full 24-h periods during each phase.
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Pearce, R.P. (1994). Introduction. In: Pielke, R.A., Pearce, R.P. (eds) Mesoscale Modeling of the Atmosphere. Meteorological Monographs. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-12-6_7
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