Coriolis effects on wind jets and cloudiness along coasts

Weather

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 291-299

  Orr, Andrew ^a   Hunt, Julian ^a   Capon, Rachel ^b   Sommeria, Joel ^c   Cresswell, Doug ^a   Owinoh, Antony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c LEGI   (France)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84946710846     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/wea.219.04     Document Type: Article

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