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Horizontal velocity spectra of the mountain wind show that maximum turbulent energy is generated by waves the order of 10 km in length and a period of 1 hr, thereby filling the spectral gap between purely micrometeorological fluctuations on the one hand, and mesometeorological on the other.
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