Gap flows through idealized topography. Part I: Forcing by large-scale winds in the nonrotating limit

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 2846-2862

  Gaberšek, Saša ^a,b   Durran, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; JETS; KINEMATICS; WATER;

GAP FLOWS; GAP WINDS; TOPOGRAPHY; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

AIRFLOW; KINEMATICS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 11844285610     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3340.1     Document Type: Article

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