A study of orographic blocking and barrier wind development upstream of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 121-131

  McCauley, M P ^a   Sturman, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0033242987     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050029     Document Type: Article

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