A two-dimensional numerical study of effects of vertical diffusion in frontal zones

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 585 PART A, 2002, Pages 2439-2467

  Håkansson, Måns ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fluxes; Free troposphere; Frontal dynamics; Gradients; Mixing; Parametrization; Semi geostrophy; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; TURBULENCE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PARAMETRIZATION;

METEOROLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; FRONTAL FEATURE; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EID: 0036775030     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.47     Document Type: Article

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