Nonlinear flow past an elliptic mountain ridge

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2465-2489

  Ólafsson, Haraldur ^a   Bougeault, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; ELLIPTICAL; HYDROSTATIC FLOW; MOUNTAIN; MOUNTAIN RIDGE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY;

EID: 0030417171     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2465:NFPAEM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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