Effect of topography on wind behaviour in a complex terrain

Forestry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-265

  Ruel, J C ^a   Pin, D ^a   Cooper, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

EID: 0031826278     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/71.3.261     Document Type: Article

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