The effect of the continental boundary layer on the dynamics of fronts in a 2D model of baroclinic instability. I: An insulated lower surface

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 610 B, 2005, Pages 2389-2408

  Tory, Kevin J ^a   Reeder, Michael J ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baroclinic wave; Frontogenesis; Parametrization; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; FRONTOGENESIS; PARAMETERIZATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; FRONTOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 27144448004     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.26     Document Type: Article

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