The sensitivity of supercritical atmospheric boundary-layer flow along a coastal mountain barrier

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 880-901

  Tjernström, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; MOUNTAIN; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033399160     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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