A three-dimensional numerical analysis of colliding microburst outflow dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2490-2511

  Orf, Leigh G ^a   Anderson, John R ^a   Straka, Jerry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DYNAMICS; OUTFLOW METERS; WIND;

DOWNBURST; FRICTIONAL DRAG; MICROBURST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC COOLING;

EID: 0030421087     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2490:ATDNAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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