Asymmetry of atmospheric microstructure over synoptic scales

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 921-924

  Worthington, R M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (middle atmosphere dynamics; synoptic scale meteorology; turbulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035646314     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-19-921-2001     Document Type: Article

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