Föhn flow and stable air mass in the Rhine valley: The beginning of a MAP event

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 597 PART B, 2004, Pages 541-560

  Beffrey, Guillaume ^a   Jaubert, Genevieve ^a   Dabas, Alain ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Cold pool; IOP8; Mesoscale Alpine Programme

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RADAR; TURBULENCE;

NON-HYDROSTATIC MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIRFLOW; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; VALLEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 1642287680     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.228     Document Type: Article

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