Modelling and observations of the katabatic flow dynamics over Greenland
By: Günther Heinemann and Thomas Klein
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v54i5.12167 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 542 - 554
Submitted on: Nov 28, 2001
Accepted on: Mar 25, 2002
Published on: Jan 1, 2002
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2002 Günther Heinemann, Thomas Klein, published by Stockholm University Press
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