Validation of mesoscale low-level winds obtained by dynamical downscaling of ERA40 over complex terrain
By: N. Žagar, M. Žagar, J. Cedilnik, G. Gregorič and J. Rakovec
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0870.2006.00186.x | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 445 - 455
Submitted on: Jun 2, 2005
Accepted on: Feb 9, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2006
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2006 N. Žagar, M. Žagar, J. Cedilnik, G. Gregorič, J. Rakovec, published by Stockholm University Press
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