Simulated climatology of atmospheric ducts over the Persian Gulf

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-452

  Zhu, M ^a   Atkinson, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric ducts; Climatology; Numerical modelling; Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUCTS; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ATMOSPHERIC DUCTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; MARINE INTERNAL BOUNDARY LAYERS (MIBL); SEA-BREEZE CIRCULATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; WORLD;

EID: 22344445134     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-004-1428-1     Document Type: Article

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