Estimation of bora wind gusts using a limited area model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 296-307

  Belušić, Danijel ^a   Klaić, Zvjezdana Bencetić ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; FORECASTING METHOD; GUST; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 3843088603     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2004.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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