A numerical study on the Kármán vortex generated by divergence of momentum flux in flow past an isolated mountain

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 925-935

  Kang, Sung Dae ^a   Kimura, Fujio ^a   Takahashi, Shunji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 0040579640     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.76.6_925     Document Type: Article

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