Idealized simulations of atmospheric coastal flow along the central coast of California

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 10 PART II, 1998, Pages 1332-1363

  Cui, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Tjernström, Michael ^a   Grisogono, Branko ^a,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0001766103     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1332:isoacf>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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