A theoretical study of cold air damming with upstream cold air inflow

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 312-326

  Xu, Qin ^a   Gao, Shouting ^a   Fiedler, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; ATMOSPHERE; COLD AIR DAMMING; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; MOUNTAINS;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COLD AIR DAMMING; COLD AIR FLOW; COLD DOME; CROSS MOUNTAIN FLOW; INVERSION LAYER; TWO LAYER FLOW MODELLING;

EID: 0029656567     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0312:ATSOCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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