Numerical simulations of wind and temperature structure within an Alpine lake basin, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 245-260

  Zawar Reza, Peyman ^a   McGowan, H ^b   Sturman, A ^a   Kossmann, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND FIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; LAKE TEKAPO; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 3242802043     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-003-0045-8     Document Type: Article

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