Effects of coastal orography on landfalling cold fronts. Part I: Dry, inviscid dynamics

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 517-533

  Braun, Scott A ^a,b   Rotunno, Richard ^a   Klemp, Joseph B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GRAVITY WAVES; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

BARRIER JETS; COLD FRONTS; FROUDE NUMBER; OROGRAPHY; ROSSBY NUMBER;

WIND;

EID: 0033077119     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0517:EOCOOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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