Semigeostrophic frontal boundary layer

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-110

  Xu, Qin ^a   Gu, Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ekman boundary layer; Frontal boundary layer; Viscous semigeostrophy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DIFFUSION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FRONTOGENESIS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; FRONTAL FEATURE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

EID: 0036644088     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015565624074     Document Type: Article

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