Summer thermal lows in the Iberian peninsula: A three-dimensional simulation

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 529, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Portela, Adelaida ^a   Castro, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Iberian peninsula; Mesoscale modelling; Regional climate; Thermal lows

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SUMMER THERMAL LOW;

SPAIN;

EID: 0029750752     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.52901     Document Type: Article

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