Mountain-valley precipitation differences in the northern Alps: An exemplary high-resolution modeling study

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-42

  Wastl, Clemens ^a   Zängl, Günther ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ALPS; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS;

EID: 77955853853     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-010-0083-y     Document Type: Article

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