Numerical study of the wake structure behind a three-dimensional hill

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1678-1690

  Li, Ding ^a   Street, Robert L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; VORTEX FLOW;

WAKE STRUCTURE;

WAKES;

HILL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LEE WAVE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTICITY; WAKE;

HILL; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LEE WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 0042626247     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1678:NSOTWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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