Simulations of moist nearly neutral flow over a ridge

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1410-1427

  Miglietta, M M ^a   Rotunno, R ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; NEUTRAL FLOW; STATIC STABILITY;

CLOUDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; FLOW MODELING; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 18544370829     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3410.1     Document Type: Article

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