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Rotor types associated with steep lee topography: influence of the wind profile Cover

Rotor types associated with steep lee topography: influence of the wind profile

Tellus
Volume 57 (2005): Issue 2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v57i2.14625 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 117 - 135
Submitted on: Mar 13, 2004
Accepted on: Sep 20, 2004
Published on: Jan 1, 2005
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2005 Rolf F. Hertenstein, Joachim P. Kuettner, published by Stockholm University Press
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