Mini-Sodar observations of drainage flows in the rocky mountains

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-91

  Wolfelmaier F A ^a   King, C W ^b   Mursch Radlgruber, E ^a   Rengarajan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DOPPLER SODAR; WIND;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343415574     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050113     Document Type: Article

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