Form and wave drag due to stably stratified turbulent flow over low ridges

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 532, 1996, Pages 863-902

  Belcher, S E ^a   Wood, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Form drag; Gravity wave drag; Orography; Stable stratification

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; FORM DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE DRAG; HILL; OROGRAPHY; STABLE STRATIFICATION; WAVE DRAG;

EID: 0030452885     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53204     Document Type: Article

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