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Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Volume 43, 1991 - Issue 1
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Moderately stable flow over a three-dimensional hill A comparison of linear theory with laboratory measurements

Roger S. ThompsonAtmospheric Research and Exposure Assessment Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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Michael S. ShipmanNSI Technology Services Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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James W. RottmanDepartment of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Pages 49-63 | Received 12 Jan 1989, Accepted 19 Jul 1990, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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