An analytical model of mountain wave drag for wind profiles with shear and curvature

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1040-1054

  Teixeira, Miguel A C ^a   Miranda, Pedro M A ^a   Valente, Maria Antónia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAVITY WAVES; SHEARING; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE DRAG; SURFACE WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

DRAG; GRAVITY WAVE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFIED FLOW; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 2442428125     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1040:AAMOMW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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