The effect of rotation on the pressure drag force produced by flow around long mountain ridges

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 131, Issue 608, 2005, Pages 1321-1338

  Wells, Helen ^a   Webster, Stuart ^a   Brown, Andrew ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barrier jet; Blocked flow; Dividing streamline

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

BARRIER JET; BLOCKED FLOW; DIVIDING STREAMLINE; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; PRESSURE DRAG FORCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

DRAG COEFFICIENT; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 27644518750     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.04.37     Document Type: Article

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