Mesoscale simulation of supercritical, subcritical, and transcritical flow along coastal topography

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2780-2795

  Burk, Stephen D ^a   Haack, Tracy ^b   Samelson, R M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC JUMP; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

COASTAL TOPOGRAPHY; FROUDE NUMBER; HORIZONTAL MOMENTUM; ISENTROPES ALOFT; MESOSCALE SIMULATION; SHALLOW WATER THEORY; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUBCRITICAL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TRANSCRITICAL FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; FROUDE NUMBER; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; FROUDE NUMBER; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

EID: 0033566463     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2780:MSOSSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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