Analysis of mesoscale patterns in relation to synoptic conditions over an urban Mediterranean basin

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 215-229

  Kassomenos, P ^a   Flocas, H A ^b   Lykoudis, S ^a   Petrakis, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0031927236     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050025     Document Type: Article

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