The wake of St. Vincent

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 606-623

  Smith, Ronald B ^a   Gleason, Arthur C ^a   Gluhosky, Paul A ^a   Grubišić, Vanda ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOUNTAIN; VORTICITY; WAKE;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; MESOSCALE; MOUNTAIN WAKE; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; WAKE STRUCTURE;

ST VINCENT;

EID: 0031452968     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0606:TWOSV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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