Modelling local winds over the Salento peninsula

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-244

  Mangia, Cristina ^a   Martano, Paolo ^a   Miglietta, Mario Marcello ^a   Morabito, Angela ^a,b   Tanzarella, Annalisa ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTION MODELLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MESOSCALE MODELS; BREEZE CIRCULATION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SALENTO PENINSULAS; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS;

WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOWCASTING; SEA BREEZE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ITALY; PUGLIA; SALENTO PENINSULA;

EID: 7244224899     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135048270400132X     Document Type: Article

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