A climatological study of boundary layer wind speed using a meso-γ-scale higher-order closure model

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1291-1306

  Bergström, Hans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MESOSCALE MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030435896     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1291:ACSOBL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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