The "Mini-foehn" of Mittenwald - A comparison of measurements and modelling

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Hornsteiner, Matthias ^a   Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; WIND;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WIND;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; BAVARIA; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ISAR VALLEY; LEUTASCH VALLEY; TYROL;

EID: 31044456335     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0025     Document Type: Article

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