Unsteady thermally driven flows on gentle slopes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2169-2182

  Hunt, J C R ^a   Fernando, H J S ^a   Princevac, M ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENCE; WIND EFFECTS;

HEAT EQUATIONS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

COMPLEX TERRAIN; CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT FLOW; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SLOPE;

EID: 0141684493     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2169:UTDFOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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