Local and Remote Effects of Mountains on Weather: Research Needs and Opportunities

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 877-892

  Smith, Ronald ^a   Paegle, Jan ^b   Clark, Terry ^c   Cotton, William ^d   Durran, Dale ^e   Forbes, Gregory ^f   Marwitz, John ^g   Mass, Cliff ^e   McGinley, John ^h   Pan, Hua Lu ^h   Ralph, Martin ^h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000789195     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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