Mesoscale circulation across the Alps: Preliminary simulation of TRANSALP 1990 observations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1241-1255

  Martilli, A ^a   Graziani, G ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Complex terrain; Flow models; Mesoscale circulation; Valley breeze

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TERRAIN; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION;

FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

WIND;

CIRCULATION; FLOW FIELD; MOUNTAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND FIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACER; CIRCULATION; FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

EUROPE, ALPS;

EID: 0032052143     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00187-8     Document Type: Article

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