A numerical experiment on the Adelaide gully wind of South Australia

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-40

  Sha, W ^b   Grace, W ^a   Physick, W ^c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NONE

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