Wave and form drag: Their relation in the linear gravity wave regime

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 173-180

  Athanassiadou, Maria ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; OROGRAPHY; STRATIFIED FLOW; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 0037335530     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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