Idealized models of the pressure drag force on mesoscale mountain ridges

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-313

  Shutts, Glenn ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; MOUNTAIN; STRATIFIED FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY;

EID: 0032444489     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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