Thermal mesoscale circulations on the Baltic coast 1. Numerical case study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 18979-18997

  Tjernström, Michael ^a   Grisogono, Branko ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CIRCULATION; COASTS; THERMALS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUMERICAL MOTION; SEA BREEZE; SEA BREEZES; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND JET;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0030433242     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01201     Document Type: Article

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