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Effects of stability on the profiles of vertical velocity and its variance in katabatic flow

Author(s) -

R. L. Coulter,

T. Martin

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

boundary-layer meteorology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.107

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1573-1472

pISSN - 0006-8314

DOI - 10.1007/bf00119397

Subject(s) - katabatic wind , geology , geopotential height , canyon , wind speed , atmospheric sciences , perpendicular , wind direction , terrain , meteorology , orography , richardson number , turbulence , climatology , geometry , geomorphology , precipitation , physics , geography , mathematics , oceanography , cartography

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