Mechanisms of up-valley winds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3097-3111

  Rampanelli, Gabriele ^a   Zardi, Dino ^a   Rotunno, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MOUNTAIN VALLEYS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) TOPOGRAPHY; UPSLOPE FLOWS;

WIND;

THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

EID: 12144274674     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3354.1     Document Type: Article

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