Classification of mesoscale wind fields in the MISTRAL field experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1963-1979

  Kaufmann, Pirmin ^a   Weber, Rudolf O ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; WEATHER; WIND FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; MESOSCALE FLOW; MISTRAL; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0030390436     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1963:COMWFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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