Dynamical aspects of wintertime cold-air pools in an Alpine valley system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2721-2740

  Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; WIND EFFECTS;

TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; WIND DIRECTION; WINTER;

CLIMATOLOGY;

COLD AIR; VALLEY; WINTER;

EID: 27144455844     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2996.1     Document Type: Article

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