Numerical and observational case-study of a deep Adriatic bora

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 608, 2005, Pages 1363-1392

  Gohm, Alexander ^a   Mayr, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airborne lidar measurements; Boundary layer effects; Downslope windstorm; Gap winds; Orographic gravity waves; Potential vorticity banners

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; WIND;

AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYER EFFECTS; DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORM; GAP WINDS; OROGRAPHIC GRAVITY WAVES; POTENTIAL-VORTICITY BANNERS;

METEOROLOGY;

GRAVITY WAVE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; SURFACE WIND;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27544476948     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.82     Document Type: Article

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