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A laboratory model of severe downslope winds Cover

A laboratory model of severe downslope winds

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|Jan 1989

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Language: English
Page range: 401 - 415
Submitted on: Apr 6, 1988
Accepted on: Jan 23, 1988
Published on: Jan 1, 1989
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 1989 James W. Rottman, Ronald B. Smith, published by Stockholm University Press
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