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A model study of pure katabatic flows Cover

A model study of pure katabatic flows

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|Jan 1987

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Language: English
Page range: 61 - 71
Submitted on: Jul 9, 1985
Accepted on: Feb 12, 1986
Published on: Jan 1, 1987
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1987 Carmen J. Nappo, K. Shankar Rao, published by Stockholm University Press
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