Mechanistic model simulations of the East African climate using NCAR regional climate model: Influence of large-scale orography on the Turkana low-level jet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2710-2724

  Indeje, M ^a   Semazzi, F H M ^a   Xie, L ^a   Ogallo, L J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAT FLUX; JETS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; STEADY FLOW; WIND POWER;

NONVISCOUS FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

CLIMATE MODELING; JET FLOW; KINEMATICS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

KENYA; LAKE TURKANA;

EID: 0035874653     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<2710:MMSOTE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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