Wintertime surface wind patterns in the Colorado River Valley

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1118-1130

  Whiteman, C David ^a   Bian, Xindi ^a   Sutherland, Joe L ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Battelle Northwest Laboratories ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW PATTERN; SURFACE WIND; WINTER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033386805     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1118:WSWPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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