Thermally driven circulation in a region of complex topography: Comparison of wind-profiling radar measurements and MM5 numerical predictions

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1537-1549

  Bianco, L ^a   Tomassetti, B ^a   Coppola, E ^a   Fracassi, A ^a   Verdecchia, M ^a   Visconti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DIURNAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; RADAR; REGIONAL PATTERN; THERMAL PHENOMENA; WIND PROFILE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751092255     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1537-2006     Document Type: Article

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