A numerical study on the mechanism of cloud-street formation in the lee of an isolated mountain near a coast

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 955-968

  Kang, Sung Dae ^a   Kimura, Fujio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 0041047689     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.75.5_955     Document Type: Article

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