Blocking and frontogenesis by two-dimensional terrain in baroclinic flow. Part II: Analysis of flow stagnation mechanisms

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1509-1523

  Garner, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WIND;

BAROCLINIC FLOW; BLOCKING; FLOW STAGNATION MECHANISMS; FRONTOGENESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL TERRAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; BAROCLINIC MOTION; FRONTOGENESIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; OROGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 0033150075     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1509:BAFBTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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