Mesoscale surface-wind characteristics and potential gravity-wave formation during cross-alpine airflow

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 49-70

  Heimann, Dietrich ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

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EID: 0031520366     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01037479     Document Type: Article

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