Computing 3-D atmospheric trajectories for complex orography: Application to a case study of strong convection in the western Mediterranean

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 583-596

  Alarcon M ^a   Alonso, S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Complex orography; Long range transport; Trajectories; Vertical velocity

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; GEOPHYSICS; HEAT CONVECTION; KINEMATICS; KINETIC ENERGY;

COMPLEX OROGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; OROGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAJECTORY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0035371769     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(00)00170-9     Document Type: Article

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