The parametrization of drag induced by stratified flow over anisotropic orography

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 568, 2000, Pages 2353-2393

  Scinocca, J F ^a   McFarlane, N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

General circulation model; Gravity wave drag

Indexed keywords

DRAG COEFFICIENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; STRATIFIED FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GRAVITY WAVE; LEE WAVE; OROGRAPHY; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

EID: 0033816506     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656802     Document Type: Article

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