Parametrizing the effects of orography on the boundary layer: An alternative to effective roughness lengths

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 573, 2001, Pages 759-777

  Wood, N ^a   Brown, A R ^a   Hewer, F E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directional dependence; Effective roughness lengths; Orographic stress; Turbulent form drag

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; DRAG; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PARAMETERIZATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0035308811     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57302     Document Type: Article

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