Wind climate in kongsfjorden, svalbard, and attribution of leading wind driving mechanisms through turbulence-resolving simulations

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Esau, Igor ^a,b   Repina, Irina ^c  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 84874847825     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/568454     Document Type: Article

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