Mesoscale wind field modifications over the Baltic Sea

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-188

  Källstrand, Birgitta ^a   Bergström, Hans ^a   Højstrup, Jørgen ^b,c   Smedman, Ann Sofi ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Internal boundary layer; Mesoscale wind field; Numerical simulation; Sea breeze

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; BOUNDARY LAYER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA BREEZE; WIND FIELD;

BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0343570106     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002619611328     Document Type: Article

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