A field case study and numerical simulation of mountain flows with weak ambient winds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 623-637

  Hernandez E ^a   De Las Parras, J ^a   Martin I ^a   Rua A ^a   Gimeno, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN REGION; TOPOGRAPHY;

SPAIN;

EID: 11644276033     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0623:AFCSAN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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