Impact of the Rhône and Durance valleys on sea-breeze circulation in the Marseille area

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 303-328

  Bastin, Sophie ^a,e   Drobinski, Philippe ^a   Dabas, Alain ^b   Delville, Patricia ^c   Reitebuch, Oliver ^d   Werner, Christian ^d  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers   (France)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Doppler lidar; Sea breeze; Valley flows

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RADAR; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DOPPLER LIDARS; DURANCE VALLEYS; SEA-BREEZE DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE; VALLEY; WIND FORCING;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 14044266815     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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