PYREX: A Summary of Findings

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-650

  Bougeault, P ^a   Benech, B ^b   Bessemoulin, P ^a   Carissimo, B ^c   Clar, A Jansa ^d   Pelon, J ^e   Petitdldier, M ^f   Richard, E ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

^d Inst Nac de Meteorología ^*  (Spain)

^e Service d'Aérooomie   (France)

^f Ctr Etud Environnements TP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN DRAG; MOUNTAIN WAVE; OROGRAPHIC FLOW; PYREX;

EUROPE, PYRENEES;

EID: 0031445877     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0637:PASOF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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