Patterns of local circulation in the Itaipu Lake Area: Numerical simulations of lake breeze

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-50

  Stivari, Sônia M S ^a   de Oliveira, Amauri P ^b   Karam, Hugo A ^b   Soares, Jacyra ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAKES; LAND USE; WIND;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION MODELING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; LAKE DYNAMICS; LAND USE; RESERVOIR; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BRAZIL; LAKE ITAIPU; PARAGUAY; PARANA STATE;

EID: 0141762496     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0037:POLCIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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