Scale interaction processes during the MAP IOP 12 south föhn event in the Rhine Valley

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 588 PART B (MAP), 2003, Pages 729-753

  Drobinski, P ^a,b   Haeberli, C ^c,d   Richard, E ^b   Lothon, M ^b   Dabas, A M ^e   Flamant, P H ^b   Furger, M ^f   Steinacker, R ^d  

^a SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL OFFICE OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY METEOSWISS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Katabatic flow; Mesoscale Alpine Programme; Mountain waves; Orographic flow; Valley flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OPTICAL RADAR; RIVERS;

DRAINAGE FLOW;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; FOEHN; KATABATIC FLOW; OROGRAPHY; VALLEY;

EUROPE; RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 0037245966     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.35     Document Type: Article

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