A high-resolution numerical simulation of the wind flow in the Ross Island region, Antarctica

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 435-458

  Seefeldt, Mark W ^a   Tripoli, Gregory J ^a   Stearns, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

WIND FLOW;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIRFLOW; FROUDE NUMBER; NUMERICAL METHOD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND;

EID: 0042426082     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<0435:AHRNSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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