Simulation of the meteorological conditions during a winter smog episode in the Inn Valley

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 211-222

  Schicker, Irene ^a   Seibert, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SMOG; WINTER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PREALPS;

EID: 63149193313     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-008-0346-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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