Using a convection model to predict altitudes of white stork migration over Central Israel

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 673-681

  Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Liechti, Olivier ^b   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Leshem, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Analysen and Konzepte   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flight safety; Israel; Migration; Soaring; Thermal convection; White storks

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MIGRANTS;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ALTITUDE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0037967102     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022824008388     Document Type: Article

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