Factors controlling the near-surface wind field in Antarctica

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 733-743

  van den Broeke, M R ^a   van Lipzig, N P M ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

KATABATIC FLOW; MOMENTUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND FIELD;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0041819606     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0733:FCTNSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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