Linear mountain drag and averaged pseudo-momentum flux profiles in the presence of trapped lee waves

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-25

  Lott, François ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER; MOUNTAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LEE WAVE; MOUNTAIN DRAG; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0031751017     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i1.14509     Document Type: Article

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