Dynamical structures for southwesterly airflow over southern Norway: The role of dissipation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-18

  Barstad, Idar ^a,b   Grønås, Sigbjørn ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; BREAKING WAVE; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND DIRECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33645997698     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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