Surface pressure drag for hydrostatic two-layer flow over axisymmetric mountains

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 797-807

  Leutbecher, Martin ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DRAG; GRAVITY WAVES; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

AXISYMMETRIC MOUNTAINS;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHY; SURFACE PRESSURE;

EID: 0035870815     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0797:SPDFHT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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