Numerical simulations of density currents in sheared environments within a vertically confined channel

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 770-786

  Xu, Qin ^a   Xue, Ming ^a   Droegemeier, Kelvin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY CURRENT; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0030467434     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<0770:NSODCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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