The diffraction of Kelvin waves and bores at coastal bends

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1327-1337

  Skamarock, William C ^a   Klemp, Joseph B ^a   Rotunno, Richard ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; WAVE DIFFRACTION;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; BORE; COASTAL BEND; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MOUNTAIN RANGE;

EID: 0030482940     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1327:tdokwa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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