A theoretical and numerical study of density currents in nonconstant shear flows

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1998-2019

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SHEAR FLOW;

DENSITY CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE; SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE; DENSITY CURRENT; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0031200797     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1998:ATANSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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