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Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 288-297

  Keevallik, Sirje ^a   Soomere, Tarmo ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Air flow; Gulf of Finland; HIRLAM version 6.4.0; Wind direction; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 78649409707     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2010.4.05     Document Type: Article

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