Terrain influences on the dynamics of heat lows

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 591 PART B, 2003, Pages 1779-1793

  Reichmann, Zsuzsanna ^a   Smith, Roger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat troughs; Heated plateau; Orographic effects

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

OROGRAPHY;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; TERRAIN;

EID: 0037670564     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.00.194     Document Type: Article

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