Regional model simulation of the hydrometeorological effects of the Fucino Lake on the surrounding region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2219-2232

  Tomassetti, B ^a   Giorgi, F ^b   Verdecchia, M ^a   Visconti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrology (anthropogenic effects); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (climatology; mesoscale meteorology)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DRAINAGE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; LAKE DYNAMICS;

ABRUZZI; FUCINO LAKE; ITALY;

EID: 0242574541     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-2219-2003     Document Type: Article

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