An observational study of a shallow gravity current triggered by katabatic flow

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3937-3950

  Adachi, A ^a,b   Clark, W L ^b,c   Hartten, L M ^b,c   Gage, Kenneth S ^b   Kobayashi, T ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (mesoscale meteorology; waves and tides; instruments and techniques)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITY FLOW; KATABATIC FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IBARAKI; JAPAN; KANTO; TSUKUBA; WORLD;

EID: 11844305052     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-22-3937-2004     Document Type: Article

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