Momentum, heat, and moisture budgets of the katabatic wind layer over a midlatitude glacier in summer

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 763-774

  Van Den Broeke, Michiel R ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KATABATIC WIND; MOISTURE BUDGETS;

EUROPE, ALPS, PASTERZE GLACIER;

EID: 0031401475     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0763:MHAMBO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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