A theoretical study of mountain barrier jets over sloping valleys

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1393-1405

  Xu, Qin ^a,b   Liu, Ming ^a   Westphal, Douglas L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CORIOLIS FORCE; FROUDE NUMBER; PRESSURE GRADIENTS; ROSSBY RADIUS; SHALLOW-WATER MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

JET; MOUNTAIN; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SLOPE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALLEY;

EID: 0034039454     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1393:ATSOMB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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