Dynamic characteristics of regional flows around the pyrénées in view of the PYREX experiment. Part II: Solution of a linear model compared to field measurements

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-71

  Koffi, E ^a   Benech B ^a,d   Stein, J ^b   Terliuc, B ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Centre de Recherches Atmospheriques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; FLOW; MODEL; MOUNTAIN; WIND FIELD;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRESSURE FIELD; PYREX; WIND FIELD;

EUROPE, PYRENEES;

EID: 0031835106     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0053:DCORFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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