Three-dimensional idealized simulations of the foehn in the region of Innsbruck

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-266

  Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 0345045359     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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