Numerical study on flow pass of a three-dimensional obstacle under a strong stratification condition

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 10 PART I, 1998, Pages 1047-1054

  Sha, W ^a   Nakabayashi, K ^a   Ueda, H ^b  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; OROGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; VORTICITY;

EID: 0032454224     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1047:nsofpo>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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