Some aspects of the variation with time of katabatic flow over a simple slope

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 531, 1996, Pages 595-610

  Helmis, C G ^a   Papadopoulos, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Katabatic winds; Mesoscale meteorology; Nocturnal wind flow variations

Indexed keywords

FLOW; KATABATIC; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; VELOCITY;

DRAINAGE FLOW; KATABATIC FLOW; KATABATIC FLOW CYCLE; NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE; THEROETICAL EVALUATION;

GREECE, ATHENS;

EID: 0029656590     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53102     Document Type: Article

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