Mesoscale wind climate modelling in steep mountains

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-78

  Pinard, Jean Paul ^a   Benoit, Robert ^b,c   Wilson, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DOWNSCALING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; MOUNTAIN REGION; RADIOSONDE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WHITEHORSE; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 68349127338     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3137/AO922.2009     Document Type: Article

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