Experimental studies of strongly stratified flow past three-dimensional orography

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 390, Issue , 1999, Pages 223-249

  Vosper, S B ^a   Castro, I P ^b   Snyder, W H ^b   Mobbs, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DRAG; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GRAVITY WAVES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VORTEX SHEDDING; WAKES;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; FROUDE NUMBER; OROGRAPHY; STROUHAL NUMBER;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0032628454     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099005133     Document Type: Article

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