Low-level vertical wind shear effects on the gravity wave breaking over an isolated two-dimensional orography
By: Xu-Wei Bao and Zhe-Min Tan
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17265 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 17265 - 17265
Submitted on: Mar 27, 2011
Published on: Dec 1, 2012
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