The impact of diurnal cycle on a low-Froude number flow observed during the PYREX experiment

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1119-1131

  Georgelin, Marc ^a,b   Richard, Evelyne ^a   Petididier, Monique ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

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EID: 0001108523     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<1119:TIODCO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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