An intercomparison of model-predicted wave breaking for the 11 January 1972 Boulder Windstorm

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 901-914

  Doyle, J D ^a   Durran, D R ^b   Chen, C ^c   Colle, B A ^b   Georgelin, M ^d   Grubisic, V ^e   Hsu, W R ^f   Huang, C Y ^g   Landau, D ^h   Lin, Y L ⁱ   Poulos, G S ^j   Sun, W Y ^k   Weber, D B ^l   Wurtele, M G ^h   Xue, M ^l  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j NorthWest Research Associ   (United States)

^k PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORM; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND;

STORM; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBULENCE; WAVE BREAKING; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034014769     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0901:AIOMPW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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