Orographic clouds in north Victoria Land from AVHRR images

Polar Record

Volumn 32, Issue 183, 1996, Pages 317-324

  Zibordi, Giuseppe ^a   Frezzotti, Massimo ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Ener Technol and Environ Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVHRR; CLOUD; KATABATIC WIND; OROGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0030439026     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003224740006753X     Document Type: Article

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