The impact of upstream blocking, drainage flow and the geostrophic pressure gradient on the persistence of cold-air pools

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 587 PART A, 2003, Pages 117-137

  Zangl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold air lakes; Coriolis effects; Gravity waves; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; TURBULENCE;

DRAINAGE FLOW;

METEOROLOGY;

COLD AIR; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VALLEY;

EID: 0037287422     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.99     Document Type: Article

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