The influence of topography on meteorological variables and surface-atmosphere interactions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 190, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 182-213

  Raupach, M R ^a   Finnigan, J J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE/LAND INTERACTION; CLIMATE IMPACT; RADIATION; SCALAR TRANSFER; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND TUNNEL;

LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EXPERIMENTS; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; TURBULENCE; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0030615724     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03127-7     Document Type: Article

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