Thermally induced wind patterns in the Sahelian city of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-241

  Lindén, Jenny ^a   Holmer, Björn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING;

BURKINA FASO; OUAGADOUGOU;

EID: 79960643015     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0383-7     Document Type: Article

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