A case study of antarctic katabatic wind interaction with large-scale forcing

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 199-209

  Parish, Thomas R ^a,c   Bromwich, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 0000158899     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<0199:ACSOAK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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