Statistical characterization of the flow structure in the Rhine valley

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 483-505

  Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Dabas, Alain M ^b   Haeberli, Christian ^c,d   Flamant, Pierre H ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c Météo Suisse   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flow splitting; Foehn; Katabatic winds; Orographic flows; Valley flows

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WIND;

FLOW STRUCTURE;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALLEY;

AGEOSTROPHIC FLOW; FOEHN; KATABATIC FLOW; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0347298539     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021262321679     Document Type: Article

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