The Lake Tekapo Experiment (LTEX)

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 371-380

  Sturman, A P ^a   Bradley, S ^b   Drummond, P ^a   Grat, K ^b   Gudiksen, P ^c   Kossmann, M ^a   McGowan, H A ^d   Oliphant, A ^a   Owens, I F ^a   Powell, S ^d   Spronken Smith, R ^a   Zawar Reza, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SNOW; WIND;

ALPINE LAKE BREEZES; ATMOSPHERE-TERRAIN INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY ALYER; MOUNTAIN-VALLEY CIRCULATIONS; PLAIN-MOUNTAIN FLOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0344951265     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-3-371     Document Type: Article

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