Diurnal winds in the Himalayan Kali Gandaki Valley. Part I: Observations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1106-1122

  Egger, Joseph ^a   Bajrachaya, Sapta ^b   Egger, Ute ^a   Heinrich, Richard ^a   Reuder, Joachim ^a   Shayka, Pancha ^b   Wendt, Hilbert ^a   Wirth, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY; WIND;

NEPAL;

EID: 0034031521     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1106:DWITHK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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