Mesoscale mountains and the larger-scale atmospheric dynamics: A review

International Geophysics

Volumn 83, Issue C, 2002, Pages 29-42

  Schär, Christoph ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77956775224     PISSN: 00746142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(02)80155-3     Document Type: Article

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