ST radar evaluation of the standard deviation of the air vertical velocity perturbed by the local orography

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1127-1131

  Caccia, J L ^a   Crochet, M ^a   Saada, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LEE WAVE; MOUNTAIN WAVE; OROGRAPHY;

EID: 0031436553     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(97)00185-5     Document Type: Article

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