Orogenic blocking and deflection of stratified air flow on an f-plane

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 572-583

  Thorsteinsson, Sigurdur ^a   Sigurdsson, Sven ^b  

^a ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

AIR CURRENT; BAROTROPIC CURRENT; MOUNTAIN; OROGENIC BLOCKING; ROSSBY NUMBER;

EID: 0030475521     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i4.12140     Document Type: Article

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