Analysis of the climatological precipitation gradient between the Alpine foreland and the northern Alps

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 541-552

  Wastl, Clemens ^a   Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TOPOGRAPHY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; WIND DIRECTION;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PREALPS;

EID: 36248989717     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2007/0223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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