Numerical simulation of a low-level jet over complex terrain in southern Iran

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1309-1327

  Liu, Ming ^a,b   Westphal, Douglas L ^a   Holt, Teddy R ^a   Xu, Qin ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COMPLEX TERRAIN; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL;

IRAN;

EID: 0033928428     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1309:NSOALL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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