Numerical simulation of flow diversion around the Pyrenees: A tramontana case study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 687-700

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

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EID: 0001369115     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<0687:NSOFDA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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