Diabatically driven discrete propagation of surface fronts: A numerical analysis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2061-2079

  Bryan, G H ^a   Fritsch, J M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE EFFECTS;

SURFACE FRONTS;

WIND;

DIABATIC PROCESS; FRONTAL FEATURE; FRONTOGENESIS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 0034233919     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2061:DDDPOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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