Flow over heated terrain. Part I: Linear theory and idealized numerical simulations

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2552-2564

  Crook, N Andrew ^a   Tucker, Donna F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LINEAR MODEL; MOIST CONVECTION; SURFACE HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 27144453766     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2964.1     Document Type: Article

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