The impact of weak synoptic forcing on the valley-wind circulation in the Alpine Inn Valley

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-53

  Zängl, Günther ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KATABATIC FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SEA LEVEL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPOPAUSE; VALLEY; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 69949190532     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-009-0030-y     Document Type: Article

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