Transition regimes in valley airflows

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 385-411

  Li, J G ^a   Atkinson, B W ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Numerical model; Slope airflow; Transition; Valley airflow

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE; VALLEY;

EID: 0032741841     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001846005338     Document Type: Article

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