The interaction of northern wind flow with the complex topography of Crete Island-Part 2: Numerical study

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1115-1127

  Koletsis, I ^a,b   Lagouvardos, K ^a   Kotroni, V ^a   Bartzokas, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

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EID: 80052530058     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1115-2010     Document Type: Article

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