Variability of three-dimensional sea breeze structure in southern France: Observations and evaluation of empirical scaling laws

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1783-1799

  Drobinski, P ^a   Bastin, S ^a   Dabas, A ^b   Delville, P ^c   Reitebuch, O ^d  

^a INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER LIDAR; MAPPING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA BREEZE; VENTILATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33751120674     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1783-2006     Document Type: Article

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