Simulations of supercritical flow around points and Capes in a coastal atmosphere

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-135

  Tjernström, Michael ^a,b   Grisogono, Branko ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; METEOROLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER WAVES; WIND;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

FLOW OF WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC FLOW; COAST; DYNAMIC MODELING; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034101068     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0108:SOSFAP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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