The effect of flow over coastal topography on the character of low-level offshore wind maxima along the California coast in summer

dc.contributor.author	Cross, Patrick S.
dc.contributor.author	Miller, Douglas K.
dc.contributor.author	Nuss, Wendell A.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-01-20T20:13:38Z
dc.date.available	2015-01-20T20:13:38Z
dc.date.issued	2003-08-05
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10945/44350
dc.description	Fifth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, August 5-8, 2003	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The California coastal jet has been examined in several studies. It is a persistent feature of the summertime wind pattern from southern Oregon to Point Conception in southern California. It is a low-level feature brought about by the combination of subsidence on the eastern side of the North Pacific high and the juxtaposition of hot temperatures over land and a cool marine layer over upwelled waters of the California current. The core of the jet is typically located within the temperature inversion at the top of the marine layer, although varying degrees of downward coupling result in extensions of high winds to the surface.	en_US
dc.rights	This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.	en_US
dc.title	The effect of flow over coastal topography on the character of low-level offshore wind maxima along the California coast in summer	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Meteorology

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