Numerical study on vortices in the middle layer of flow around a large mountain under rotating stratified conditions

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1779-1793

  Hozumi, Yu ^a   Ueda, Hiromasa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coriolis effect; Flow around mountain; Lee vortex; Lee wave; Numerical model; Rotating stratified flow; Stratification effect

Indexed keywords

LEE WAVE; MOUNTAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 23144446196     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2692-9     Document Type: Article

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