Flow splitting at the bifurcation between two valleys: Idealized simulations in comparison with Mesoscale Alpine Programme observations

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 285-306

  Drobinski, Philippe ^a,e   Bastin, S ^a   Dusek, J ^b   Zangl G ^c   Flamant, P H ^d  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b Faculté de Médecine   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; FLOW PATTERN; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROSSBY NUMBER; VALLEY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 33645975482     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-005-0158-3     Document Type: Article

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